Genetic Analysis of Primaquine Tolerance in a Patient with Relapsing Vivax Malaria
Patients with Plasmodium vivax malaria are treated with primaquine to prevent relapse infections. We report primaquine failure in a patient with 3 relapses without any possibility of re-infection. Using whole genome sequencing of the relapsing parasite isolates, we identified single nucleotide varia...
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| Main Authors: |
Bright, A. Taylor,
Alenazi, Thamer,
Shokoples, Sandra,
Tarning, Joel,
Paganotti, Giacomo M.,
White, Nicholas J.,
Houston, Stanley,
Winzeler, Elizabeth A.,
Yanow, Stephanie K. |
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| Format: | Online
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2013
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3647516/
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