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Molecular markers for chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Thailand and Laos.
Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology - 1 Dec 2001
Labbé A C, Bualombai P, Pillai D R, Zhong K J, Vanisaveth V, Hongvanthong B, Looareesuwan S, Kain K C
Abstract excerpt
Chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum is well documented in Thailand. Laos, however, continues to use chloroquine (CQ) as the first-line therapy for the treatment of P. falciparum malaria. The objective of the present study was to determine the prevalence, in these two areas, of the cg2, pfmdr1 and pfcrt allelic types that have previously been associated with CQ resistance. Isolates of P. falciparum were...
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