In vitro sensitivities of Plasmodium falciparum to different antimalarial drugs in Uganda

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1200-1206

  Nsobya, Samuel L ^a   Kiggundu, Moses ^a   Nanyunja, Sarah ^a   Joloba, Moses ^a   Greenhouse, Bryan ^b   Rosenthal, Philip J ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; BENFLUMETOL; CHLOROQUINE; DEETHYLAMODIAQUINE; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; PIPERAQUINE; QUININE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA;

EID: 77149154625     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01412-09     Document Type: Article

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