Differential effect of regional drug pressure on dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthetase mutations in Southern Mozambique

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 256-261

  Raman, Jaishree ^a   Sharp, Brian ^e   Kleinschmidt, Immo ^b   Roper, Cally ^b   Streat, Elizabeth ^c   Kelly, Val ^a   Barnes, Karen I ^d  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Maputo Provincial Department of Health   (Mozambique)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e Groote Schuur Hospital ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; FANSIDAR; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; MUTATION RATE; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MUTATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; MUTATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 41249098888     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.256     Document Type: Article

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