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Plasmodium falciparum K76T pfcrt Gene Mutations and Parasite Population Structure, Haiti, 2006-2009.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 May 2016
Charles Macarthur, Das Sanchita, Daniels Rachel, Kirkman Laura, Delva Glavdia G, Destine Rodney, Escalante Ananias, Villegas Leopoldo, Daniels Noah M, Shigyo Kristi, Volkman Sarah K, Pape Jean W, Golightly Linnie M
Abstract excerpt
Hispaniola is the only Caribbean island to which Plasmodium falciparum malaria remains endemic. Resistance to the antimalarial drug chloroquine has rarely been reported in Haiti, which is located on Hispaniola, but the K76T pfcrt (P. falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter) gene mutation that confers chloroquine resistance has been detected intermittently. We analyzed 901 patient samples collected during...
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