Increased pfmdr1 copy number in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Suriname

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 796-799

  Labadie Bracho, Mergiory ^a   Adhin, Malti R ^b  

^a Prof Dr Paul C Flu Institute for Biomedical Sciences   (Suriname)

^b ANTON DE KOM UNIVERSITY OF SURINAME   (Suriname)

Author keywords

Increased pfmdr1 copy number; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Suriname

Indexed keywords

DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALARIA; MINING; PROTOZOAN; VILLAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MINING; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE GENE 1; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AMERICA; SURINAME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SURINAME; YOUNG ADULT;

PERU; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SURINAME; VENEZUELA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84879220808     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12118     Document Type: Article

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