title: Resistance-mediating Plasmodium falciparum pfcrt and pfmdr1 alleles after treatment with artesunate-amodiaquine in Uganda.
abstract: Key parasite polymorphisms were assessed in subjects treated for malaria with artesunate-amodiaquine in Tororo, Uganda. For pfcrt, all of the isolates tested had the CVIET haplotype. For pfmdr1, 86Y and 1246Y were common at baseline and their prevalences were significantly higher in new isolates after therapy, indicating that treatment selected for mutations associated with a decreased response to amodiaquine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
authors.forename: Samuel L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Nsobya
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dokomajilar
authors.forename: Moses
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Joloba
authors.forename: Grant
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dorsey
authors.forename: Philip J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000655:Amodiaquine / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000077549:Artemether; D037621:Artemisinins / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000077332:Artesunate; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004351:Drug Resistance / Q000235:genetics*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004983:Ethanolamines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005449:Fluorenes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D000078102:Lumefantrine; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000469:parasitology; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D027425:ATP-Binding Cassette, Sub-Family C Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D009154:Mutation; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014454:Uganda
chemical_list: D000655:Amodiaquine; D000962:Antimalarials; D000077549:Artemether; D037621:Artemisinins; D000077332:Artesunate; D004983:Ethanolamines; D005449:Fluorenes; D000078102:Lumefantrine; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D027425:ATP-Binding Cassette, Sub-Family C Proteins; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; C513498:Mdr1 protein, Plasmodium falciparum; C416369:PfCRT protein, Plasmodium falciparum