Different allele prevalence in the dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthase genes in Plasmodium vivax populations from China

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1206-1211

  Miao, Miao ^a   Yang, Zhaoqing ^b   Cui, Long ^a   Ahlum, Jessica ^a   Huang, Yaming ^c   Cui, Liwang ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Guangxi Centers Foe Disease Control   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; GENOMIC DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANTIMALARIAL DRUG RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CODON; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; WILD TYPE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMALARIALS; CHINA; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALARIA, VIVAX; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE;

PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 79551647957     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0259     Document Type: Article

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