High prevalence of double Plasmodium falciparum dhfr mutations at codons 108 and 59 in the Sistan-Baluchistan province, Iran

J Infect Dis. 2003 Jun 1;187(11):1828-9. doi: 10.1086/375250.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antimalarials / pharmacology
  • Antimalarials / therapeutic use
  • Codon / genetics*
  • Drug Combinations
  • Drug Resistance / genetics*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Iran
  • Malaria, Falciparum / drug therapy
  • Malaria, Falciparum / virology*
  • Male
  • Mutation / genetics*
  • Plasmodium falciparum / drug effects
  • Plasmodium falciparum / genetics*
  • Prevalence
  • Pyrimethamine / pharmacology
  • Pyrimethamine / therapeutic use
  • Sulfadoxine / pharmacology
  • Sulfadoxine / therapeutic use
  • Tetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenase / genetics*

Substances

  • Antimalarials
  • Codon
  • Drug Combinations
  • fanasil, pyrimethamine drug combination
  • Sulfadoxine
  • Tetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenase
  • Pyrimethamine