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Distribution of dihydrofolate reductase (dhfr) and dihydropteroate synthase (dhps) mutant alleles in Plasmodium vivax isolates from Thailand.
Acta tropica - 1 Oct 2013
Thongdee Pimwan, Kuesap Jiraporn, Rungsihirunrat Kanchana, Tippawangkosol Pongsri, Mungthin Mathirut, Na-Bangchang Kesara
Abstract excerpt
The analysis of prevalence and distribution of pvdhfr and pvdhps mutations were performed in 169 samples collected from patients with Plasmodium vivax infection who attended the malaria clinics in the provinces along the three international borders of Thailand (Thai-Myanmar, Thai-Cambodian, and Thai-Malaysian borders). SNP-haplotypes of the pvdhfr at amino acid positions 13, 33, 57, 58, 61, 117, and 173 and of...
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