Article
Plasmodium falciparum clonal population dynamics during malaria treatment.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Jan 2004
Jafari Sayeh, Le Bras Jacques, Bouchaud Olivier, Durand Rémy
Abstract excerpt
We have developed a new fragment-analysis method to enumerate the clones and to quantify their proportions within Plasmodium falciparum isolates. We prospectively enrolled 20 adult patients with uncomplicated malaria who were returning to France from various sub-Saharan countries, from January 2000 through July 2001. The analysis of clonal populations was performed on blood samples obtained at 10 times: 1 before...
Topics
- Animals
- Drug Resistance
- Genotype
- Humans
- Malaria, Falciparum
- Plasmodium falciparum
- Population Dynamics
- Prospective Studies
- Quinine
