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PRO/EDR> Malaria, P. falciparum: piperaquine resistance markers

Malaria -- Worldwide/UnknownTwo papers published last week [week of 3 Nov 2016] in The Lancet Infectious Diseases describe the identification of molecular markers associated with drug resistance in _Plasmodium falciparum_ malaria.The 2 papers were genome-wide association studies of Cambodian strains of _P. falciparum_ that were looking to find molecular markers for resistance to piperaquine, a drug that is used in artemisinin combination therapies. As malaria in the Greater Mekong subregion becomes Read more [...]