Molecular markers for failure of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and chlorproguanil-dapsone treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

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Published in J Infect Dis on January 17, 2002

Authors

James G Kublin1, Fraction K Dzinjalamala, Deborah D Kamwendo, Elissa M Malkin, Joseph F Cortese, Lisa M Martino, Rabia A G Mukadam, Stephen J Rogerson, Andres G Lescano, Malcolm E Molyneux, Peter A Winstanley, Phillips Chimpeni, Terrie E Taylor, Christopher V Plowe

Author Affiliations

1: Malaria Section, Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. jkublin@medicine.umaryland.edu

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