K13-propeller polymorphisms in plasmodium falciparum parasites from sub-saharan Africa

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 211, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1352-1355

  Kamau, Edwin ^a   Campino, Susana ^b   Amenga Etego, Lucas ^d   Drury, Eleanor ^b   Ishengoma, Deus ^f   Johnson, Kimberly ^c   Mumba, Dieudonne ^g   Kekre, Mihir ^b   Yavo, William ^h   Mead, Daniel ^b   Bouyou Akotet, Marielle ⁱ   Apinjoh, Tobias ^j   Golassa, Lemu ^k   Randrianarivelojosia, Milijaona ^l   Andagalu, Ben ^a   Maiga Ascofare, Oumou ^m,o   Amambua Ngwa, Alfred ⁿ   Tindana, Paulina ^d   Ghansah, Anita ^e   Macinnis, Bronwyn ^b   Kwiatkowski, Dominic ^b,c   Djimde, Abdoulaye A ^b,m   more..

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^e University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^h National Institute of Public Health   (Côte d’Ivoire)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (Gabon)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^k ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^l INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

^m and Technologies of Bamako   (Mali)

ⁿ MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^o BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

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Author keywords

artemisinin resistance; K13 propeller; sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTIMALARIAL DRUG RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; K13 PROPELLER GENE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ALLELE; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MUTATION; PARASITOLOGY; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE;

ALLELES; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MUTATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84926625655     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu608     Document Type: Article

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