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Molecular surveillance of chloroquine resistance in Plasmodium vivax isolates from malaria cases in Yunnan Province of China using pvcrt-o gene polymorphisms.
Malaria journal - 8 Nov 2023
Ding Hongyun, Dong Ying, Deng Yan, Xu Yanchun, Liu Yan, Wu Jing, Chen Mengni, Zhang Canglin, Liu Li, Lin Yingkun
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BACKGROUND: The efficacy of chloroquine treatment for vivax malaria has been rarely evaluated due to a lack of an appropriate testing method. The objective of this study was to conduct molecular monitoring of chloroquine resistance in Plasmodium vivax strains from vivax malaria patients in Yunnan Province, focusing on the analysis of polymorphism in the P. vivax chloroquine resistance transporter protein...
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