Molecular evidence of drug resistance in asymptomatic malaria Infections, Myanmar, 2015

Myat Htut Nyunt; Thinzar Shein; Ni Ni Zaw; Soe Soe Han; Fauzi Muh; Seong-Kyun Lee; Jin-Hee Han; Kyaw Zin Thant; Eun-Taek Han; Myat Phone Kyawl

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Molecular evidence of drug resistance in asymptomatic malaria Infections, Myanmar, 2015

Myat Htut Nyunt, Thinzar Shein, Ni Ni Zaw, Soe Soe Han, Fauzi Muh, Seong-Kyun Lee, Jin-Hee Han, Kyaw Zin Thant, Eun-Taek Han^*, Myat Phone Kyawl

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Abstract

Artennisinin resistance containment in Myanmar was initiated in 2011 after artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria was reported. Molecular evidence suggests that asymptomatic malaria infections harboring drug resistance genes are present among residents of the Myanmar artemisinin resistance containment zone. This evidence supports efforts to eliminate these hidden infections.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	517-520
Number of pages	4
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	23
Issue number	3
Early online date	17 Feb 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2303.161363
Publication status	Published - Mar 2017

Keywords

Plasmodium-vivax
PVMDR1
Chloroquine
Falciparum
Thailand

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Molecular evidence of drug resistance in asymptomatic malaria Infections, Myanmar, 2015

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