Antimalarial drug susceptibility testing of Plasmodium falciparum in Brazil using a radioisotope method

From March 1996 to August 1997, a study was carried out in a malaria endemic area of the Brazilian Amazon region. In vivo sensitivity evaluation to antimalarial drugs was performed in 129 patients. Blood samples (0.5 ml) were drawn from each patient and cryopreserved to proceed to in vitro studies....

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Main Authors: Crispim Cerutti Junior, Christiane Marques, Filomena EC de Alencar, Rui Rafael Durlacher, Anna Alween, Aluísio AC Segurado, Lorrin W Pang, Mariano G Zalis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 1999-11-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761999000600017