Rapid increase in the prevalence of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance among Plasmodium falciparum isolated from pregnant women in Ghana

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 198, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1545-1549

  Mockenhaupt, Frank P ^a   Bedu Addo, George ^b   Eggelte, Teunis A ^d   Hommerich, Lena ^a   Holmberg, Ville ^a,e   Von Oertzen, Christa ^c   Bienzle, Ulrich ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c Presbyterian Mission Hospital   (Ghana)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; FANSIDAR; PYRIMETHAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GESTATION PERIOD; GHANA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GHANA; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54949104681     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592455     Document Type: Article

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