A Worldwide Map ofPlasmodium falciparumK13-Propeller Polymorphisms
Author(s) -
Didier Ménard,
Nimol Khim,
Johann Beghain,
Ayôla Akim Adégnika,
Mohammad Shafiul Alam,
Olukemi K. Amodu,
Ghulam Rahim-Awab,
Céline Barnadas,
Antoine Berry,
Yap Boum,
Maria Dorina Bustos,
Jun Cao,
Jun-Hu Chen,
Louis Collet,
Liwang Cui,
Garib-Das Thakur,
Alioune Dièye,
Djibrine Djallé,
Améyo M. Dorkenoo,
Carole E. Eboumbou-Moukoko,
Fe-Esperanza-Caridad J. Espino,
Thierry Fandeur,
Maria-Fatima Ferreira-da-Cruz,
Abebe A. Fola,
HansPeter Fuehrer,
Abdillahi Mohamed Hassan,
Sócrates Herrera,
Bouasy Hongvanthong,
Sandrine Houzé,
Maman Laminou Ibrahim,
Mohammad Jahirul-Karim,
Lubin Jiang,
Shigeyuki Kano,
Wasif Ali-Khan,
Maniphone Khanthavong,
Peter G. Kremsner,
Marcus Lacerda,
Rithea Leang,
Mindy Leelawong,
Li Mei,
Khin Lin,
Jean-Baptiste Mazarati,
Sandie Ménard,
Isabelle Morlais,
Hypolite Muhindo Mavoko,
L. Musset,
Kesara NaBangchang,
Michael Nambozi,
Karamoko Niaré,
Harald Noedl,
JeanBosco Ouédraogo,
Dylan R. Pillai,
Bruno Pradines,
Bui Quang-Phuc,
Michael Ramharter,
Milijaona Randrianarivelojosia,
Jetsumon Sattabongkot,
Abdiqani Sheikh-Omar,
Kigbafori D. Silué,
Sodiomon B. Sirima,
Colin J. Sutherland,
Din Syafruddin,
Rachida Tahar,
Lin-Hua Tang,
Offianan André Touré,
Patrick Tshibangu-wa-Tshibangu,
Inès Vigan-Womas,
Marian Warsame,
Lyndes Wini,
Sedigheh Zakeri,
Saorin Kim,
Rotha Eam,
Laura Berne,
Chanra Khean,
Sophy Chy,
Malen Ken,
Kaknika Loch,
Lydie Canier,
Valentine Duru,
Eric Legrand,
Jean-Christophe Barale,
Barbara H. Stokes,
Judith Straimer,
Benoît Witkowski,
David A. Fidock,
Christophe Rogier,
Pascal Ringwald,
Frédéric Ariey,
Odile MercereauPuijalon
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1513137
Subject(s) - nonsynonymous substitution , plasmodium falciparum , artemisinin , biology , malaria , genetics , allele , dihydroartemisinin , mutation , gene , immunology , genome
Recent gains in reducing the global burden of malaria are threatened by the emergence of Plasmodium falciparum resistance to artemisinins. The discovery that mutations in portions of a P. falciparum gene encoding kelch (K13)-propeller domains are the major determinant of resistance has provided opportunities for monitoring such resistance on a global scale.
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