Prevalence of K13-propeller polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum from China-Myanmar border in 2007-2012

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wang, Zenglei ^a   Shrestha, Sony ^a   Li, Xiaolian ^a   Miao, Jun ^a   Yuan, Lili ^a,b   Cabrera, Mynthia ^a   Grube, Caitlin ^a   Yang, Zhaoqing ^b   Cui, Liwang ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

artemisinin resistance; F3D7 1343700; K13 gene; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARTEMISININ; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIMALARIAL DRUG RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHINA; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; K13 PROPELLER GENE; MYANMAR; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POINT MUTATION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHINA; MUTATION; MYANMAR; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 84928014326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0672-9     Document Type: Article

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