Multiple origins of resistance-conferring mutations in Plasmodium vivax dihydrofolate reductase

ABSTRACT: Background: In order to maximize the useful therapeutic life of antimalarial drugs, it is crucial to understand the mechanisms by which parasites resistant to antimalarial drugs are selected and spread in natural populations. Recent work has demonstrated that pyrimethamine-resistance confe...

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Autores:
Maestre Buitrago, Amanda Elena
Hawkins, Vivian N
Auliff, Alyson
Prajapati, Surendra Kumar
Rungsihirunrat, Kanchana
Hapuarachchi, Hapuarachchige C
O'Neil, Michael T
Cheng, Qin
Joshi, Hema
Na Bangchang, Kesara
Hopkins Sibley, Carol
Tipo de recurso:
Article of investigation
Fecha de publicación:
2008
Institución:
Universidad de Antioquia
Repositorio:
Repositorio UdeA
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/35241
Acceso en línea:
https://hdl.handle.net/10495/35241
Palabra clave:
Antimalaricos
Antimalarials
Codón
Codon
ADN, protozoario
DNA, Protozoan
Resistencia a Medicamentos
Drug Resistance
Malaria, Vivax
Plasmodium vivax
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
Polimorfismo, Nucleótido Único
Pirimetamina
Pyrimethamine
Tetrahidrofolato deshidrogenasa
Tetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenase
Rights
openAccess
License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/