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Plasmodium falciparum genotype diversity in artemisinin derivatives treatment failure patients along the Thai-Myanmar border.
The Korean journal of parasitology - 1 Dec 2014
Congpuong Kanungnit, Hoonchaiyapoom Thirasak, Inorn Kornnarin
Abstract excerpt
Genetic characteristics of Plasmodium falciparum may play a role in the treatment outcome of malaria infection. We have studied the association between diversity at the merozoite surface protein-1 (msp-1), msp-2, and glutamate-rich protein (glurp) loci and the treatment outcome of uncomplicated falciparum malaria patients along the Thai-Myanmar border who were treated with artemisinin derivatives combination...
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