Article
Drug resistance markers in Plasmodium vivax isolates from a Kanchanaburi province, Thailand between January to May 2023.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2024
Sridapan Thanawat, Rattanakoch Paweesuda, Kijprasong Kaewkanha, Srisutham Suttipat
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Plasmodium vivax has become the predominant species in the border regions of Thailand. The emergence and spread of antimalarial drug resistance in P. vivax is one of the significant challenges for malaria control. Continuous surveillance of drug resistance is therefore necessary for monitoring the development of drug resistance in the region. This study aims to investigate the prevalence of the...
Topics
- Plasmodium vivax
- Thailand
- Drug Resistance
- Humans
- Antimalarials
- Malaria, Vivax
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Tetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenase
- Linkage Disequilibrium
- Mutation
- Protozoan Proteins
- Chloroquine
- Dihydropteroate Synthase
- Sulfadoxine