Prevalence of polymorphisms in dhfr, dhps, pfmdr1 and pfcrt genes of Plasmodium falciparum isolates in quang tri province, Vietnam

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 959-962

  Phuc, Bui Q ^a   Caruana, Sonia R ^b   Cowman, Alan F ^c   Biggs, Beverley Ann ^b   Thanh, Ngo V ^a   Tien, Nong T ^a   Thuan, Le K ^a  

^a National Institute of Malariology Parasitology and Entomology Hanoi   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

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EID: 56849125236     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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