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Plasmodium falciparum mdr1 mutations and in vivo chloroquine resistance in Indonesia.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Aug 1999
Gómez-Saladín E, Fryauff D J, Taylor W R, Laksana B S, Susanti A I, Purnomo, Subianto B, Richie T L
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the Pfmdr1 gene are reported to be associated with chloroquine resistance in some Plasmodium falciparum isolates. A polymerase chain reaction/restriction fragment length polymorphism method was used for the detection of Pfmdr1 mutations in chloroquine-resistant field isolates of P. falciparum collected in Irian Jaya. The frequency of Pfmdr1 mutations was significantly higher in chloroquine-resistant...
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