Open AccessMolecular markers in epidemiological monitoring of the spread of resistance to antimalarials: a review
Author(s) -
Caleb Nyamwange,
Henry Nyamogoba
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
east african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 0012-835X
DOI - 10.4314/eamj.v79i9.9120
Subject(s) - chloroquine , malaria , drug resistance , pyrimethamine , sulfadoxine , epidemiology , medicine , dhps , molecular epidemiology , biology , resistance (ecology) , plasmodium falciparum , genetics , immunology , gene , genotype , ecology
To review the prevalence and distribution of resistance to chloroquine and pyrimethamine-sulphadoxine combination and the use of molecular markers for monitoring the spread of the resistance.