Article
Analysis of pfmdr1 and drug susceptibility in fresh isolates of Plasmodium falciparum from subsaharan Africa.
Molecular and biochemical parasitology - 1 Nov 1995
Basco L K, Le Bras J, Rhoades Z, Wilson C M
Abstract excerpt
Resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to many therapeutic agents is an increasing problem in most endemic areas. The role of the mdr-like gene products of P. falciparum in resistance to quinoline-containing compounds is not clear. The purpose of this study was to further examine the role of pfmdr1 in drug resistance in fresh clinical isolates originating from Africa. Drug susceptibility testing (chloroquine,...
Topics
- Africa South of the Sahara
- Alleles
- Animals
- Antimalarials
- Base Sequence
- Chloroquine
- Codon
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA, Protozoan
- Drug Resistance, Multiple
- Genes, Protozoan
