Protecting the malaria drug arsenal: Halting the rise and spread of amodiaquine resistance by monitoring the PfCRT SVMNT type

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Sa, Juliana M ^a   Twu, Olivia ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; CHLOROQUINE; DEETHYLAMODIAQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CARRIER PROTEIN; PFCRT PROTEIN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANGOLA; ARTICLE; ASIA; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MONITORING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PFCRT GENE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AMERICA; TANZANIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CODON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALARIA FALCIPARUM;

AMODIAQUINE; ANGOLA; ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; CODON; DRUG RESISTANCE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SOUTH AMERICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 78650412168     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-374     Document Type: Article

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