Characterisation of pvmdr1 and pvdhfr genes associated with chemoresistance in Brazilian Plasmodium vivax isolates

Plasmodium vivax control is now being hampered by drug resistance. Orthologous Plasmodium falciparum genes linked to chloroquine or sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine chemoresistance have been identified in P. vivax parasites, but few studies have been performed. The goal of the present work is to characteri...

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Main Authors: Bianca Ervatti Gama, Natália Ketrin Almeida de Oliveira, José Maria de Souza, Cláudio Tadeu Daniel-Ribeiro, Maria de Fátima Ferreira-da-Cruz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2009-11-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762009000700012