Genetics of drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Venezuelan state of Bolivar.

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2002.67.400

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Genetics of drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Venezuelan state of Bolivar.

The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Oct 2002

Contreras Carmen E, Cortese Joseph F, Caraballo Alejandro, Plowe Christopher V

Abstract excerpt

The state of Bolivar in Venezuela experiences episodic outbreaks of multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria. We obtained P. falciparum-infected blood samples in Bolivar in 1998-2000, and performed molecular assays for mutations conferring resistance to the antifolate combination of sulf...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Dihydropteroate Synthase
Drug Resistance
Humans
Malaria, Falciparum
Membrane Proteins
Membrane Transport Proteins
Plasmodium falciparum
Protozoan Proteins
Tetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenase
Venezuela

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PMID: 12452494
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2002.67.400

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