Prevalence of drug resistance-associated gene mutations in plasmodium vivax in central china

• Main Authors: Feng Lu, Bo Wang, Jun Cao, Jetsumon Sattabongkot, Huayun Zhou, Guoding Zhu, Kwonkee Kim, Qi Gao, Eun Taek Han
• Other Authors: Kangwon National University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/14365
• Institution: Mahidol University

Resistance of Plasmodium spp. to anti-malarial drugs is the primary obstacle in the fght against malaria, and molecular markers for the drug resistance have been applied as an adjunct in the surveillance of the resistance. In this study, we investigated the prevalence of mutations in pvmdr1, pvcrt-o...