Multiple origins of Plasmodium falciparum dihydropteroate synthetase mutant alleles associated with sulfadoxine resistance in India

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2813-2817

  Lumb, Vanshika ^a   Das, Manoj K ^b   Singh, Neeru ^c   Dev, Vas ^b   Khan, Wajihullah ^d   Sharma, Yagya D ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

^c Regional Medical Research Center for Tribals   (India)

^d ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHLOROQUINE; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; INDIA; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

ALLELES; ANTIMALARIALS; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; INDIA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MUTATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SULFADOXINE;

EID: 79956332481     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01151-10     Document Type: Article

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