High prevalence of sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine resistance alleles in Plasmodium falciparum parasites from Bangladesh

Parasitology International

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 178-182

  Marma, Aung Swi Prue ^a,b   Mita, Toshihiro ^a   Eto, Hideaki ^a   Tsukahara, Takahiro ^a   Sarker, Sumon ^b   Endo, Hiroyoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Bandarban Sadar Hospital   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; dhfr; dhps; Microsatellite; Plasmodium falciparum; Sulfadoxine pyrimethamine

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; FANSIDAR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN 1; PROTEIN CRT; PYRIMETHAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CAMBODIA; CHILD; COMMUNITY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HAPLOTYPE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MUTANT; MUTATION RATE; MYANMAR; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 77951621845     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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