Measuring ex vivo drug susceptibility in Plasmodium vivax isolates from Cambodia

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Suwanna Chaorattanakawee, Chanthap Lon, Soklyda Chann, Kheang Heng Thay, Nareth Kong, Yom You, Siratchana Sundrakes, Chatchadaporn Thamnurak, Sorayut Chattrakarn, Chantida Praditpol, Kritsanai Yingyuen, Mariusz Wojnarski, Rekol Huy, Michele D. Spring, Douglas S. Walsh, Jaymin C. Patel, Jessica Lin, Jonathan J. Juliano, Charlotte A. Lanteri, David L. Saunders
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2017
• Subjects: Drug resistance; Plasmodium vivax; Cambodia; Ex vivo assay; pvmdr1; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Oddar
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-2034-2; https://doaj.org/article/3e5f3e38d35d40bf96cdecf2c57a5db2

Abstract Background While intensive Plasmodium falciparum multidrug resistance surveillance continues in Cambodia, relatively little is known about Plasmodium vivax drug resistance in Cambodia or elsewhere. To investigate P. vivax anti-malarial susceptibility in Cambodia, 76 fresh P. vivax isolates...