Browsing Medicine by Subject "Drug Resistance"

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Chloroquine resistant falciparum malaria among security forces personnel in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka

Hapuarachchi, H.A.C.; Dayanath, M.Y.D.; Abeysundara, S.; Bandara, K.B.A.T.; Abeyewickreme, W.; de Silva, N.R. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2004)

OBJECTIVE: To determine the occurrence and species distribution of malaria and the extent of chloroquine resistance among security forcespersonnel in a selected region of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. DESIGN: A ...
Isothermal Diagnostic Assays for monitoring single nucleotide polymorphisms in Necator americanus associated with Benzimidazole drug resistance

Rashwan, N.; Bourguinat, C.; Keller, K.; Gunawardena, N.K.; de Silva, N.; Prichard, R. (Public Library of Science, 2016)

BACKGROUND: Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) are the most prevalent intestinal helminths of humans, and a major cause of morbidity in tropical and subtropical countries. The benzimidazole (BZ) drugs albendazole (ABZ) and ...
Superoxide dismutase and pyruvate ferrodoxin oxidoreductase involvement in mechanisms of metronidazole resistance in Entamoeba histolytica

Samarawickrema, N.A.; Brown, D.M.; Upcroft, J.A.; Thammapalerd, N.; Uproft, P. (Oxford University Press, 1997)

Metronidazole resistance has been induced in an axenic strain of Entamoeba histolytica (HTH-56:MUTM) following continuous exposure to steadily increasing drug concentrations. The drug-resistant line is routinely maintained ...

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