Is the A578S Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism in K13-propeller a Marker of Emerging Resistance to Artemisinin Among Plasmodium falciparum in Africa?

J Infect Dis. 2016 Jan 1;213(1):165-6. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiv414. Epub 2015 Aug 12.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Africa
  • Antimalarials / pharmacology*
  • Artemisinins / pharmacology*
  • Drug Resistance / genetics*
  • Genetic Markers / genetics
  • Humans
  • Malaria, Falciparum / parasitology*
  • Plasmodium falciparum / drug effects*
  • Plasmodium falciparum / genetics*
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / genetics*

Substances

  • Antimalarials
  • Artemisinins
  • Genetic Markers
  • artemisinin