Article
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, pf...
Topics
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
- Animals
- Antimalarials
- Chloroquine
- Drug Resistance
- Genetic Markers
- Humans
- Laos
- Malaria, Falciparum
- Mutation
- Plasmodium falciparum
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Protozoan Proteins
- Thailand