Drug resistance genes: pvcrt-o and pvmdr-1 polymorphism in patients from malaria endemic South Western Coastal Region of India

Drug resistance genes: pvcrt-o and pvmdr-1 polymorphism in patients from malaria endemic South Western Coastal Region of India

Abstract Background Malaria is highly prevalent in many parts of India and is mostly caused by the parasite species Plasmodium vivax followed by Plasmodium falciparum. Chloroquine (CQ) is the first-line treatment for blood stage P. vivax parasites, but cases of drug resistance to CQ have been report...

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Main Authors: Shiny Joy, Benudhar Mukhi, Susanta K. Ghosh, Rajeshwara N. Achur, D. Channe Gowda, Namita Surolia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Plasmodium vivax
Chloroquine resistance markers
Copy number variation
Mangaluru city area
India
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-018-2188-6

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