Article
[Chemosusceptibility analysis of Plasmodium falciparum imported from Comoros to Marseilles, France in 2001-2003].
Medecine et maladies infectieuses - 1 Oct 2005
Parola P, Pradines B, Gazin P, Keundjian A, Silai R, Parzy D
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this work was to study the chemosensitivity of Plasmodium falciparum strains isolated from patients presenting with malaria after having returned from Comoros Islands in 2002-2003, and hospitalized at the North University Hospital, in Marseilles, France. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In vitro drug susceptibility (for strains maintained in culture) and mutation-specific polymerase chain reaction...
Topics
- Animals
- Antimalarials
- Comoros
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- France
- Mutation
- Parasitic Sensitivity Tests
- Plasmodium falciparum
- Tropical Climate
