Genetic background and PfKelch13 affect artemisinin susceptibility of PfCoronin mutants in Plasmodium falciparum.

Malaria continues to impose a significant health burden in the continent of Africa with 213 million cases in 2018 alone, representing 93% of cases worldwide. Because of high transmission of malaria within the continent, the selection pressures to develop drug resistance in African parasites are dist...

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Main Authors: Aabha I Sharma, Sara H Shin, Selina Bopp, Sarah K Volkman, Daniel L Hartl, Dyann F Wirth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-12-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009266