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Plasmodium vivax multidrug resistance-1 gene polymorphism in French Guiana.

Emilie FawayLise MussetStéphane PelleauBéatrice VolneyJessica CasterasValérie CaroDidier MenardSébastien BriolantEric Legrand
Published in: Malaria journal (2016)
Few P. vivax isolates harboring chloroquine-resistant mutations in the pvmdr1 gene are circulating in French Guiana. However, the decrease in the prevalence of isolates carrying multiple copies of pvmdr1 might indicate that the P. vivax population in French Guiana is evolving towards a decreased susceptibility to chloroquine.
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