Multidrug-resistant genotypes of Plasmodium falciparum, Myanmar.

Autor: Yang Z; Kunming Medical University, Yunnan, People's Republic of China., Li C, Miao M, Zhang Z, Sun X, Meng H, Li J, Fan Q, Cui L
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Emerging infectious diseases [Emerg Infect Dis] 2011 Mar; Vol. 17 (3), pp. 498-501.
DOI: 10.3201/eid1703.100870
Abstrakt: We performed a molecular epidemiologic survey of mutations associated with drug-resistance genes in Plasmodium falciparum in northeastern Myanmar. In this region, 3 highly mutated drug-resistance haplotypes and 1 associated with decreased quinine susceptibility were prevalent, which suggests that parasites may be resistant to multiple commonly used antimalarial drugs.
Databáze: MEDLINE