Alterations in Plasmodium falciparum genetic structure two years after increased malaria control efforts in western Kenya

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-36

  Vardo Zalik, Anne M ^a   Zhou, Guofa ^b   Zhong, Daibin ^b   Afrane, Yaw A ^c   Githeko, Andrew K ^c   Yan, Guiyun ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN 1; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; QUININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHOOL CHILD;

ANTIMALARIALS; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; KENYA; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MUTATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84872313209     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0308     Document Type: Article

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