Mosquitoes as a feasible sentinel group for anti-malarial resistance surveillance by Next Generation Sequencing of Plasmodium falciparum

Mosquitoes as a feasible sentinel group for anti-malarial resistance surveillance by Next Generation Sequencing of Plasmodium falciparum

Abstract Background Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance surveillance is key to successful disease control and eradication. Contemporary methods that only allow determination of prevalence of resistance are expensive, time consuming and require ethical considerations. A newer method involving Next...

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Main Authors: Rebecca Smith-Aguasca, Himanshu Gupta, Estefania Uberegui, Mara Maquina, Francisco Saute, Krijn P. Paaijmans, Alfredo Mayor, Silvie Huijben
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-10-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Malaria
Drug resistance
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pfcrt
pfmdr1
pfdhps
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-019-2946-0

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