Article
Response of Plasmodium vivax variants to chloroquine as determined by microscopy and quantitative polymerase chain reaction.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Oct 1993
Kain K C, Brown A E, Lanar D E, Ballou W R, Webster H K
Abstract excerpt
Genotypic heterogeneity in the repetitive portion of the circumsporozoite (CS) protein of Plasmodium vivax has been reported from many P. vivax-endemic areas. The objective of this study was to determine if the VK210 and VK247 CS variants of P. vivax differed in their clearance rates following chloroquine (CQ) therapy. One hundred seventy-one cases of P. vivax infection occurring in patients presenting to a...
Topics
- Adult
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Chloroquine
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Protozoan
- Genotype
- Humans
- Malaria, Vivax
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Oligonucleotide Probes
