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Origin and dissemination of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum with mutant pfcrt alleles in the Philippines.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 May 2005
Chen Nanhua, Wilson Danny W, Pasay Cielo, Bell David, Martin Laura B, Kyle Dennis, Cheng Qin
Abstract excerpt
The pfcrt allelic type and adjacent microsatellite marker type were determined for 82 Plasmodium falciparum isolates from the Philippines. Mutant pfcrt allelic types P1a and P2a/P2b were dominant in different locations. Microsatellite analysis revealed that P2a/P2b evolved independently in the Philippines, while P1a shared common ancestry with Papua New Guinea chloroquine-resistant parasites.
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