Plasmodium falciparum pfmdrl amplification, mefloquine resistance, and parasite fitness

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1509-1515

  Preechapornkul, Piyanuch ^a   Imwong, Mallika ^a   Chotivanich, Kesinee ^a   Pongtavornpinyo, Wirichada ^a   Dondorp, Arjen M ^a,b   Day, Nicholas P J ^a,b   White, Nicholas J ^a,b,c   Pukrittayakamee, Sasithon ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MAHIDOL OXFORD TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEFLOQUINE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN 1; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; MDR1 PROTEIN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CODON; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PFMDR1 GENE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANIMAL; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; MALARIA FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENOTYPE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEFLOQUINE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS;

EID: 65649106581     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00241-08     Document Type: Article

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