MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MALARIA IN CAMEROON. XV. EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON SERUM SUBSTITUTES AND SUPPLEMENTS AND ALTERNATIVE CULTURE MEDIA FOR IN VITRO DRUG SENSITIVITY ASSAYS USING FRESH ISOLATES OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM

• Published in: The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene Vol. 69; no. 2; pp. 168 - 173
• Main Author: BASCO, LEONARDO K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lawrence, KS ASTMH 01.08.2003; Allen Press
• Subjects: Amodiaquine - analogs & derivatives; Amodiaquine - pharmacology; Animals; Antimalarials - pharmacology; Biological and medical sciences; Cameroon - epidemiology; Chloroquine - pharmacology; Culture Media; Human protozoal diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Malaria; Malaria, Falciparum - epidemiology; Malaria, Falciparum - parasitology; Medical sciences; Parasitic diseases; Parasitic Sensitivity Tests - standards; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium falciparum - drug effects; Plasmodium falciparum - genetics; Plasmodium falciparum - growth & development; Protozoal diseases; Pyrimethamine - pharmacology; Serum Albumin; Tropical medicine; Cameroon; Africa; Infection; Protozoa; Antimalarial; Plasmodium falciparum; Apicomplexa; Protozoal disease; Microbiological investigation; Sensitivity resistance; Malaria; Molecular epidemiology; Parasitosis; In vitro

In vitro drug sensitivity assay is an important tool for various on-going studies aiming to establish the correlation between candidate molecular markers for drug resistance and drug response in laboratory-adapted strains and field isolates of Plasmodium falciparum. A widespread use of this techniqu...