Molecular surveillance of antimalarial drug resistance related genes in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Eritrea. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The introduction of artemisinin-based combination therapy has led to extraordinary results in malaria control, however the recent emergence of partial resistance to artemisinin therapy in Southeast Asia jeopardizes these successes. This study aimed at investigating resistance to the antimalarial drugs by evaluating the polymorphisms in the PfK13, Pfcrt and Pfmdr1 genes in Plasmodium falciparum isolates obtained from patients in Eritrea.

publication date

  • February 11, 2016

Research

keywords

  • Antimalarials
  • Artemisinins
  • Drug Resistance
  • Genes, Protozoan
  • Malaria, Falciparum
  • Plasmodium falciparum

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84958244591

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.02.007

PubMed ID

  • 26875763

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 157