Article
Do mutations in Plasmodium falciparum dihydropteroate synthase and dihydrofolate reductase confer resistance to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in Iran?
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - 1 Jan 2000
Eskandarian Abbas-Ali, Keshavarz Hossein, Basco Leonardo K, Mahboudi Fereidoun
Abstract excerpt
The key codons of dihydropteroate synthase (dhps) and dihydrofolate reductase (dhfr) genes implicated in sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) resistance were determined by allele-specific polymerase chain reaction in Plasmodium falciparum isolates collected in 1999 from 35 Iranian patients treated with...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
