High heritability of malaria parasite clearance rate indicates a genetic basis for artemisinin resistance in western Cambodia

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 201, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1326-1330

  Anderson, Tim J C ^a   Nair, Shalini ^a   Nkhorna, Standwell ^a   Williams, Jeff T ^a   Imwong, Mallika ^b   Yi, Poravuth ^d   Socheat, Duong ^d   Das, Debashish ^d   Chotivanich, Kesinee ^b   Day, Nicholas P J ^b,c   White, Nicholas J ^b,c   Dondorp, Arjen M ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Natl Ctr Parasitol Entomol M   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIN; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CAMBODIA; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 77950943615     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/651562     Document Type: Article

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