Prevalence of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the Plasmodium falciparum multidrug resistance gene (Pfmdr-1) in Korogwe District in Tanzania before and after introduction of artemisinin-based combination therapy

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 979-983

  Thomsen, Thomas T ^a   Ishengoma, Deus S ^b   Mmbando, Bruno P ^b   Lusingu, John P ^b   Vestergaard, Lasse S ^a   Theander, Thor G ^a   Lemnge, Martha M ^b   Bygbjerg, Ib C ^a   Alifrangis, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; BENFLUMETOL; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN 1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEWBORN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TANZANIA;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CODON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ETHANOLAMINES; FLUORENES; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TANZANIA;

EID: 83255162436     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0071     Document Type: Article

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