Is the A578S single-nucleotide polymorphism in K13-propeller a marker of emerging resistance to artemisinin among plasmodium falciparum in Africa?

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 165-166

  Maïga Ascofaré, Oumou ^a   May, Jürgen ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; GENETIC MARKER;

AFRICA; ANTIMALARIAL DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; K13 PROPELLER GENE; LETTER; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITOLOGY;

AFRICA; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84962022155     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv414     Document Type: Letter

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