Molecular assays for surveillance of antifolate-resistant malaria

Lancet. 1998 May 30;351(9116):1629-30. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)24022-0.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antimalarials / therapeutic use*
  • Child
  • DNA, Protozoan / genetics
  • Dihydropteroate Synthase / genetics
  • Drug Resistance / genetics
  • Folic Acid Antagonists / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Malaria, Falciparum / drug therapy
  • Malaria, Falciparum / epidemiology
  • Malaria, Falciparum / parasitology*
  • Peru / epidemiology
  • Plasmodium falciparum / drug effects
  • Plasmodium falciparum / genetics*
  • Point Mutation
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Pyrimethamine / therapeutic use*
  • Sulfadoxine / therapeutic use*
  • Tetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenase / genetics

Substances

  • Antimalarials
  • DNA, Protozoan
  • Folic Acid Antagonists
  • Sulfadoxine
  • Tetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenase
  • Dihydropteroate Synthase
  • Pyrimethamine