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In vitro activity of antifolate and polymorphism in dihydrofolate reductase of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from the Kenyan coast: emergence of parasites with Ile-164-Leu mutation.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Sept 2009
Kiara Steven M, Okombo John, Masseno Victor, Mwai Leah, Ochola Isabella, Borrmann Steffen, Nzila Alexis
Abstract excerpt
We have analyzed the activities of the antifolates pyrimethamine (PM), chlorcycloguanil (CCG), WR99210, trimethoprim (TMP), methotrexate (MTX), and trimetrexate (TMX) against Kenyan Plasmodium falciparum isolates adapted in vitro for long-term culture. We have also assessed the relationship between these drug activities and mutations in dihydrofolate reductase (dhfr), a domain of the gene associated with...
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