Article
Drug-Resistant Polymorphisms and Copy Numbers in Plasmodium falciparum, Mozambique, 2015.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2018
Gupta Himanshu, Macete Eusebio, Bulo Helder, Salvador Crizolgo, Warsame Marian, Carvalho Eva, Ménard Didier, Ringwald Pascal, Bassat Quique, Enosse Sonia, Mayor Alfredo
Abstract excerpt
One of the fundamental steps toward malaria control is the use of antimalarial drugs. The success of antimalarial treatment can be affected by the presence of drug-resistant populations of Plasmodium falciparum. To assess resistance, we used molecular methods to examine 351 P. falciparum isolates...
Topics
- Alleles
- Antimalarials
- DNA Copy Number Variations
- Drug Resistance
- Humans
- Malaria, Falciparum
- Mozambique
- Plasmodium falciparum
- Polymorphism, Genetic