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Expansion of a Specific Plasmodium falciparum PfMDR1 Haplotype in Southeast Asia with Increased Substrate Transport.
mBio - 1 Dec 2020
Calçada Carla, Silva Miguel, Baptista Vitória, Thathy Vandana, Silva-Pedrosa Rita, Granja Diana, Ferreira Pedro Eduardo, Gil José Pedro, Fidock David A, Veiga Maria Isabel
Abstract excerpt
Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) have been vital in reducing malaria mortality rates since the 2000s. Their efficacy, however, is threatened by the emergence and spread of artemisinin resistance in Southeast Asia. The Plasmodium falciparum multidrug resistance protein 1 (PfMDR1) transporter plays a central role in parasite resistance to ACT partner drugs through gene copy number variations (CNV)...
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