Surveillance of molecular markers of Plasmodium falciparum resistance to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine 5 years after the change of malaria treatment policy in Ghana

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 996-1003

  Duah, Nancy O ^a,b   Quashie, Neils B ^a,b   Abuaku, Benjamin K ^a,b   Sebeny, Peter J ^b,d   Kronmann, Karl C ^b,c   Koram, Kwadwo A ^a,b  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^d NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; MOLECULAR MARKER; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE;

ALLELE; ANTIMALARIAL DRUG RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; GENE MUTATION; GHANA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84871593071     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0202     Document Type: Article

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