Genetic association between the Pfk13 gene mutation and artemisinin resistance phenotype in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Yunnan Province, China

Genetic association between the Pfk13 gene mutation and artemisinin resistance phenotype in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Yunnan Province, China

Abstract Background The problem of anti-malarial drug resistance is a long-term challenge faced by malaria control in Yunnan Province. Recently, the detection rates of chloroquine-resistant molecular markers (Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistant transporter, Pfcrt) and artemisinin-resistant m...

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Main Authors: Ying Dong, Jian Wang, Aiming Sun, Yan Deng, Mengni Chen, Yanchun Xu, Jingpo Xue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Yunnan
Myanmar
Falciparum malaria cases
PfK13 gene
Artemisinin resistance
Associative analysis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-018-2619-4

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