Patterns of resistance and DHFR/DHPS genotypes of Plasmodium falciparum in rural Tanzania prior to the adoption of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine as first-line treatment.

Keyword

Animals

Antimalarials/*therapeutic use

Child; Preschool

Chloroquine/therapeutic use

Developing Countries

Dihydropteroate Synthase/genetics

Drug Combinations

Drug Resistance/genetics

Female

Genotype

Humans

Infant

Malaria; Falciparum/*drug therapy/parasitology

Male

Plasmodium falciparum/*drug effects/genetics

Point Mutation

Pyrimethamine/*therapeutic use

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

Rural Health

Sulfadoxine/*therapeutic use

Tanzania

Tetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenase/genetics

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)