No evidence of amplified Plasmodium falciparum plasmepsin II gene copy number in an area with artemisinin-resistant malaria along the China–Myanmar border

No evidence of amplified Plasmodium falciparum plasmepsin II gene copy number in an area with artemisinin-resistant malaria along the China–Myanmar border

Abstract Background The emergence and spread of artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum poses a threat to malaria eradication, including China’s plan to eliminate malaria by 2020. Piperaquine (PPQ) resistance has emerged in Cambodia, compromising an important partner drug that is widely used...

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Main Authors: Fang Huang, Biraj Shrestha, Hui Liu, Lin-Hua Tang, Shui-Sen Zhou, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Shannon Takala-Harrison, Pascal Ringwald, Myaing M. Nyunt, Christopher V. Plowe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Plasmodium falciparum
Artemisinin resistance
Piperaquine
Plasmepsin II
China–Myanmar border
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-020-03410-6

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