Gene amplification of the multidrug resistance 1 gene of Plasmodium vivax isolates from Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2657-2659

  Imwong, Mallika ^a   Pukrittayakamee, Sasithon ^a,b   Pongtavornpinyo, Wirichada ^a   Nakeesathit, Supatchara ^a   Nair, Shalini ^c   Newton, Paul ^d   Nosten, Francois ^a,e,f   Anderson, Timothy J C ^c   Dondorp, Arjen ^a,f   Day, Nicholas P J ^a,f   White, Nicholas J ^a,f  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Royal Institute   (Thailand)

^c SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d MAHOSOT HOSPITAL   (Laos)

^e SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^f CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEFLOQUINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MDR1 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PVMDR1 GENE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, MDR; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LAOS; MALARIA, VIVAX; MYANMAR; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; THAILAND;

EID: 46249096629     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01459-07     Document Type: Article

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