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Prevalence of drug resistance-associated gene mutations in Plasmodium vivax in Central China.
The Korean journal of parasitology - 1 Dec 2012
Lu Feng, Wang Bo, Cao Jun, Sattabongkot Jetsumon, Zhou Huayun, Zhu Guoding, Kim Kwonkee, Gao Qi, Han Eun-Taek
Abstract excerpt
Resistance of Plasmodium spp. to anti-malarial drugs is the primary obstacle in the fight against malaria, and molecular markers for the drug resistance have been applied as an adjunct in the surveillance of the resistance. In this study, we investigated the prevalence of mutations in pvmdr1, pvcrt-o, pvdhfr, and pvdhps genes in temperate-zone P. vivax parasites from central China. A total of 26 isolates were...
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