A major genome region underlying artemisinin resistance in malaria.
Evolving resistance to artemisinin-based compounds threatens to derail attempts to control malaria. Resistance has been confirmed in western Cambodia and has recently emerged in western Thailand, but is absent from neighboring Laos. Artemisinin resistance results in reduced parasite clearance rates...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2012
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