Occurrence of multiple chloroquine-resistant Pfcrt haplotypes and emergence of the S(agt)VMNT type in Cameroonian Plasmodium falciparum

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 400-403

  Ngassa Mbenda, Huguette Gaelle ^a   Das, Aparup ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Chloroquine resistance; Malaria; P.falciparum

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHLOROQUINE;

ANTIMALARIAL DRUG RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WILD TYPE;

CAMEROON; CHLOROQUINE RESISTANCE; MALARIA; P. FALCIPARUM;

CAMEROON; CHLOROQUINE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 84892457955     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt388     Document Type: Article

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