| Literature DB >> 26033725 |
Roland A Cooper1, Melissa D Conrad2, Quentin D Watson3, Stephanie J Huezo4, Harriet Ninsiima5, Patrick Tumwebaze5, Samuel L Nsobya5, Philip J Rosenthal2.
Abstract
We evaluated markers of artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum isolated in Kampala in 2014. By standard in vitro assays, all isolates were highly sensitive to dihydroartemisinin (DHA). By the ring-stage survival assay, after a 6-h DHA pulse, parasitemia was undetectable in 40 of 43 cultures at 72 h. Two of 53 isolates had nonsynonymous K13-propeller gene polymorphisms but did not have the mutations associated with resistance in Asia. Thus, we did not see evidence for artemisinin resistance in Uganda.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26033725 PMCID: PMC4505276 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00921-15
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191