Article
Molecular surveillance as monitoring tool for drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Suriname.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Aug 2013
Adhin Malti R, Labadie-Bracho Mergiory, Bretas Gustavo
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this translational study was to show the use of molecular surveillance for polymorphisms and copy number as a monitoring tool to track the emergence and dynamics of Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance. A molecular baseline for Suriname was established in 2005, with P. falciparum chlo...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Antimalarials
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- DNA, Protozoan
- Drug Resistance, Multiple
- Female
- Humans
- Malaria, Falciparum
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Mutation
- Plasmodium falciparum
- Suriname
- Young Adult