Geographic patterns of Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance distinguished by differential responses to amodiaquine and chloroquine

JM Sá, O Twu, K Hayton, S Reyes… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Chloroquine (CQ) resistance (CQR) in Plasmodium falciparum originated from at least six
foci in South America, Asia, and Oceania. Malaria parasites from these locations exhibit …

[HTML][HTML] Genetics of chloroquine-resistant malaria: a haplotypic view

G Awasthi, A Das - Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2013 - SciELO Brasil
The development and rapid spread of chloroquine resistance (CQR) in Plasmodium
falciparum have triggered the identification of several genetic target (s) in the P. falciparum …

A comprehensive survey of polymorphisms conferring anti-malarial resistance in Plasmodium falciparum across Pakistan

AA Khattak, M Venkatesan, CG Jacob, EM Artimovich… - Malaria Journal, 2013 - Springer
Background Few studies have been conducted in Pakistan to determine the efficacy of
chloroquine and sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP), which remain in use as treatment for …

Pfcrt haplotypes and the evolutionary history of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum

G Awasthi, GBK Satya, A Das - Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2012 - SciELO Brasil
Mutations in the Pfcrt gene that change the resulting amino acids and form different
haplotypes are common and correlate with the prevalence of chloroquine resistant (CQR) …

Evidence of Selective Sweeps in Genes Conferring Resistance to Chloroquine and Pyrimethamine in Plasmodium falciparum Isolates in India

T Mixson-Hayden, V Jain, AM McCollum… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Treatment of Plasmodium falciparum is complicated by the emergence and spread of
parasite resistance to many of the first-line drugs used to treat malaria. Antimalarial drug …

Toll-like receptor polymorphisms and cerebral malaria: TLR2 Δ22 polymorphism is associated with protection from cerebral malaria in a case control study

JA Greene, N Sam-Agudu, CC John, RO Opoka… - Malaria journal, 2012 - Springer
Background In malaria endemic areas, host genetics influence whether a Plasmodium
falciparum-infected child develops uncomplicated or severe malaria. TLR2 has been …

Toll-like receptor polymorphisms in malaria-endemic populations

JA Greene, AM Moormann, J Vulule, MJ Bockarie… - Malaria journal, 2009 - Springer
Background Toll-like receptors (TLR) and related downstream signaling pathways of innate
immunity have been implicated in the pathogenesis of Plasmodium falciparum malaria …

Population genetic analyses of Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine receptor transporter gene haplotypes reveal the evolutionary history of chloroquine-resistant …

G Awasthi, G Prasad, A Das - International journal for parasitology, 2011 - Elsevier
Inferring the origin and dispersal of the chloroquine-resistant (CQR) malaria parasite,
Plasmodium falciparum, is of academic and public health importance. The Pfcrt gene of P …

Lack of significant recovery of chloroquine sensitivity in Plasmodium falciparum parasites following discontinuance of chloroquine use in Papua New Guinea

M Sekihara, SI Tachibana, M Yamauchi, S Yatsushiro… - Malaria Journal, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background Chloroquine treatment for Plasmodium falciparum has been
discontinued in almost all endemic regions due to the spread of resistant isolates. Reversal …

High prevalence of pfcrt-CVIET haplotype in isolates from asymptomatic and symptomatic patients in south-central Oromia, Ethiopia

L Golassa, N Enweji, B Erko, A Aseffa, G Swedberg - Malaria Journal, 2014 - Springer
Background As a result of extensive chloroquine resistance (CQR) in Plasmodium
falciparum in late 1990s, Ethiopia replaced CQ with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) as …