Plasmodium falciparum strains harboring dihydrofolate reductase with the I164L mutation are absent in Malawi and Zambia even under antifolate drug pressure

E Ochong; DJ Bell; DJ Johnson; Umberto D'Alessandro; M Mulenga; S Muangnoicharoen; Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden; PA Winstanley; PG Bray; SA Ward; A Owen

doi:10.1128/AAC.00431-08

Plasmodium falciparum strains harboring dihydrofolate reductase with the I164L mutation are absent in Malawi and Zambia even under antifolate drug pressure

E Ochong
, DJ Bell
, DJ Johnson
, Umberto D'Alessandro
, M Mulenga
, S Muangnoicharoen
, Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden
, PA Winstanley
, PG Bray
, SA Ward
, A Owen

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Original language	English
Journal	Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Volume	52
Issue number	11
Pages (from-to)	3883-3888
Number of pages	6
ISSN	0066-4804
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.00431-08
Publication status	Published - 2008

Keywords

B780-tropical-medicine
Protozoal diseases
Malaria
Plasmodium falciparum
Antimalarials
Pyrimethamine
Chlorproguanil
Drug resistance
Mutations
Dihydrofolate reductase
Prevalence
Reliability
Malawi
Zambia
Africa-Southern

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Ochong, E., Bell, DJ., Johnson, DJ., D'Alessandro, U., Mulenga, M., Muangnoicharoen, S., Van Geertruyden, J.-P., Winstanley, PA., Bray, PG., Ward, SA., & Owen, A. (2008). Plasmodium falciparum strains harboring dihydrofolate reductase with the I164L mutation are absent in Malawi and Zambia even under antifolate drug pressure. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 52(11), 3883-3888. https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.00431-08

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Ochong, E, Bell, DJ, Johnson, DJ, D'Alessandro, U, Mulenga, M, Muangnoicharoen, S, Van Geertruyden, J-P, Winstanley, PA, Bray, PG, Ward, SA & Owen, A 2008, 'Plasmodium falciparum strains harboring dihydrofolate reductase with the I164L mutation are absent in Malawi and Zambia even under antifolate drug pressure', Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, vol. 52, no. 11, pp. 3883-3888. https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.00431-08

Plasmodium falciparum strains harboring dihydrofolate reductase with the I164L mutation are absent in Malawi and Zambia even under antifolate drug pressure. / Ochong, E; Bell, DJ; Johnson, DJ et al.
In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Vol. 52, No. 11, 2008, p. 3883-3888.

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