Combined molecular and clinical assessment of Plasmodium falciparum antimalarial drug resistance in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos).
Molecular markers provide a rapid and relatively inexpensive approach for assessing antimalarial drug susceptibility. We collected 884 Plasmodium falciparum-infected blood samples from 17 Lao provinces. Each sample was genotyped for 11 codons in the chloroquine resistance transporter (pfcrt), dihydr...
Main Authors: | Mayxay, M, Nair, S, Sudimack, D, Imwong, M, Tanomsing, N, Pongvongsa, T, Phompida, S, Phetsouvanh, R, White, N, Anderson, T, Newton, P |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2007
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