Use of molecular beacons to detect an antifolate resistance-associated mutation in Plasmodium falciparum.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on December 01, 2000

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R Durand1, J Eslahpazire, S Jafari, J F Delabre, A Marmorat-Khuong, J P di Piazza, J Le Bras

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1: Centre National de Référence pour la Chimiosensibilité du Paludisme, Université Paris V et Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Paris, France. rjdurand@club-internet.fr

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