Plasmodium falciparum Drug Resistance Phenotype as Assessed by Patient Antimalarial Drug Levels and Its Association With pfmdr1 Polymorphisms

Background. Multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum is a major threat to global malaria control. Parasites develop resistance by gradually acquiring genetic polymorphisms that decrease drug susceptibility. The aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which parasites with different geneti...

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Main Authors: Malmberg, Maja, Ferreira, Pedro E., Tarning, Joel, Ursing, Johan, Ngasala, Billy, Björkman, Anders, Mårtensson, Andreas, Gil, José P.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3563306/