Development of diagnostic tools for the detection of artemisinin resistance in the human malaria parasite plasmodium falciparum

Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACTs) remains the first-line treatment against malaria infected by Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum). However, the spread of artemisinin (ART)-resistant parasites in Cambodia and Thailand threatened the effectiveness of ACTs. Till now, no molecul...

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Main Author: Chia, Cheng Kong
Other Authors: Peter Rainer Preiser
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/60257

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