Genetic evidence for Plasmodium falciparum resistance to chloroquine and pyrimethamine in Indochina and the Western Pacific between 1984 and 1998

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 613-619

  Saito Nakano, Yumiko ^a   Tanabe, Kazuyuki ^b   Kamei, Kiseko ^c   Iwagami, Moritoshi ^d   Komaki Yasuda, Kanako ^d   Kawazu, Shin Ichiro ^e   Kano, Shigeyuki ^d   Ohmae, Hiroshi ^a   Endo, Takuro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Teikyo Junior College   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; PYRIMETHAMINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DHFR GENE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENOTYPE; INDONESIA; JAPAN; LAOS; MYANMAR; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PFCRT GENE; PHILIPPINES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; THAILAND; TREATMENT FAILURE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 53749089462     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.79.613     Document Type: Article

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