Chloroquine and sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine sensitivity of Plasmodium falciparum parasites in a Brazilian endemic area

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Gama, Bianca Ervatti ^a   De Oliveira, Natália K Almeida ^a   Zalis, Mariano G ^b   De Souza, José Maria ^c   Santos, Fátima ^d   Daniel Ribeiro, Cláudio Tadeu ^a   Ferreira Da Cruz, Maria De F́tima ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^d LACEN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; DNA; FANSIDAR; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; SULFADOXINE-PYRIMETHAMINE;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PFCRT GENE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANIMAL; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; BRAZIL; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFADOXINE;

EID: 68749112875     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-156     Document Type: Article

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