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Association of Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter variant T76 with age-related plasma chloroquine levels.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Feb 2003
May Jürgen, Meyer Christian G
Abstract excerpt
The mutation leading to the substitution of a threonine (T76) for a lysine at position 76 of the Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter (PfCRT) was genotyped in 100 Nigerian children with asymptomatic parasitemia. Isolates containing both pfcrt variants were found to harbor higher numbers of parasite clones (P < 0.002). The prevalence of the pfcrt T76 variant decreased with age (P < 0.0001) and...
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