Drug-Resistant Polymorphisms and Copy Numbers in Plasmodium falciparum, Mozambique, 2015

Drug-Resistant Polymorphisms and Copy Numbers in Plasmodium falciparum, Mozambique, 2015

One of the fundamental steps toward malaria control is the use of antimalarial drugs. The success of antimalarial treatment can be affected by the presence of drug-resistant populations of Plasmodium falciparum. To assess resistance, we used molecular methods to examine 351 P. falciparum isolates co...

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Main Authors: Himanshu Gupta, Eusebio Macete, Helder Bulo, Crizolgo Salvador, Marian Warsame, Eva Carvalho, Didier Ménard, Pascal Ringwald, Quique Bassat, Sonia Enosse, Alfredo Mayor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-01-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Drug resistance
K13
plasmepsin2
polymorphisms
copy number
Mozambique
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/1/17-0864_article

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