pfcrt and pfmdr1 mutations and chloroquine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum from São Tomé and Príncipe, West Africa

Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2002 Dec;96(8):831-4. doi: 10.1179/000349802125002284.

Authors

D Lopes¹, F Nogueira, J P Gil, C Ferreira, V E do Rosário, P Cravo

Affiliation

¹ Centro de Malária e Outras Doenças Tropicais, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Rua da Junqueira, 96, 1349-008, Lisbon, Portugal.

PMID: 12625938
DOI: 10.1179/000349802125002284

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters*
Alleles
Animals
Antimalarials / pharmacology*
Atlantic Islands
Chloroquine / pharmacology*
Drug Resistance / genetics
Genetic Markers
Genotype
Malaria, Falciparum / genetics
Malaria, Falciparum / prevention & control
Membrane Proteins / genetics*
Membrane Transport Proteins
Mutation / genetics*
Plasmodium falciparum / drug effects*
Plasmodium falciparum / genetics
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Protozoan Proteins / genetics*

Substances

ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
Antimalarials
Genetic Markers
Membrane Proteins
Membrane Transport Proteins
PfCRT protein, Plasmodium falciparum
Protozoan Proteins
mdr gene protein, Plasmodium
Chloroquine