Artemisinin-Resistant Plasmodium falciparum K13 Mutant Alleles, Thailand-Myanmar Border

Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Aug;22(8):1503-5. doi: 10.3201/eid2208.160004.
No abstract available

Keywords: K13 mutant alleles; Malaria; Myanmar; Plasmodium falciparum; Thailand; antimicrobial resistance; artemisinin resistance; genotype; parasite clearance half-life; parasites; ring-stage survival assay.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alleles*
  • Antimalarials / pharmacology*
  • Antimalarials / therapeutic use
  • Artemisinins / pharmacology*
  • Artemisinins / therapeutic use
  • Drug Resistance*
  • Humans
  • Malaria, Falciparum / drug therapy
  • Malaria, Falciparum / epidemiology*
  • Malaria, Falciparum / parasitology*
  • Mutation*
  • Myanmar / epidemiology
  • Plasmodium falciparum / drug effects*
  • Plasmodium falciparum / genetics*
  • Thailand / epidemiology

Substances

  • Antimalarials
  • Artemisinins