Geographical distribution of amino acid mutations in Plasmodium vivax DHFR and DHPS from malaria endemic areas of Thailand

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 462-467

  Rungsihirunrat, Kanchana ^a   Sibley, Carol Hopkins ^b   Mungthin, Mathirut ^c   Na Bangchang, Kesara ^a  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c PHRAMONGKUTKLAO HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; FANSIDAR; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THAILAND; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENETICS; MUTATION; PARASITOLOGY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; MALARIA; MUTATION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; THAILAND;

EID: 42949158717     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.462     Document Type: Article

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