Chloroquine resistance is associated to multi-copy pvcrt-o gene in Plasmodium vivax malaria in the Brazilian Amazon

The resistance of Plasmodium vivax to chloroquine has become an obstacle to control strategies based on the use of anti-malarials. The current study investigated the association between P. vivax CQ-resistance in ...

Source: Malaria Journal - July 16, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Siuhelem Rocha Silva, Anne Cristine Gomes Almeida, George Allan Villarouco da Silva, Rajendranath Ramasawmy, Stefanie Costa Pinto Lopes, Andr é Machado Siqueira, Gabriel Luíz Costa, Taís Nóbrega Sousa, José Luiz Fernandes Vieira, Marcus Vinícius Gui Tags: Research Source Type: research