Spread of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Myanmar: a cross-sectional survey of the K13 molecular marker

Myo Tun, Kyaw; Imwong, Mallika; Maung Lwin, Khin; Aye Win, Aye; Maung Hlaing, Tin; Hlaing, Thaung; Lin, Khin; Phone Kyaw, Myat; Plewes, Katherine; Abul Faiz, Mohammad; Dhorda, Mehul; Yeong Cheah, Phaik; Pukrittayakamee, Sasithon; A. Ashley, Elizabeth; Anderson, Tim; Nair, Shalini; McDew‐White, Marina; A. Flegg, Jennifer; P.M. Grist, Eric; J. Guérin, Philippe; J. Maude, Richard; Smithuis, Frank; M. Dondorp, Arjen; Day, Nicholas; Nosten, François; J. White, Nicholas; J. Woodrow, Charles

doi:10.1016/s1473-3099(15)70032-0

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Spread of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Myanmar: a cross-sectional survey of the K13 molecular marker

Published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases • Feb 19, 2015

Authors:

Kyaw Myo Tun

Mallika Imwong

Khin Maung Lwin

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Emergence of artemisinin resistance in southeast Asia poses a serious threat to the global control of Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Discovery of the K13 marker has transformed approaches to the monitoring of artemisinin resistance, allowing introduction of molecular surveillance in remo...

Subject

Plasmodium falciparum

Artemisinin

Malaria

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