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Molecular surveillance of the Plasmodium vivax multidrug resistance 1 gene in Peru between 2006 and 2015.
Malaria journal - 4 Dec 2020
Villena Fredy E, Maguiña Jorge L, Santolalla Meddly L, Pozo Edwar, Salas Carola J, Ampuero Julia S, Lescano Andres G, Bishop Danett K, Valdivia Hugo O
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BACKGROUND: The high incidence of Plasmodium vivax infections associated with clinical severity and the emergence of chloroquine (CQ) resistance has posed a challenge to control efforts aimed at eliminating this disease. Despite conflicting evidence regarding the role of mutations of P. vivax multidrug resistance 1 gene (pvmdr1) in drug resistance, this gene can be a tool for molecular surveillance due to its...
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