title: Prevalence of polymorphisms in DHFR, DHPS, PFMDR1 and PFCRT genes of Plasmodium falciparum isolates in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam.
abstract: In 2002 an antimalarial drug resistance survey was carried out in a seasonally endemic area of Vietnam. Sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine (S/P) was the standard treatment recommended for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in that area at the time. Early or late treatment failure as defined by WHO was observed in 14.9% (7/47) of patients. Molecular analysis of treatment failure isolates identified that 5/6 carried two or more dhfr and dhps polymorphisms associated with S/P resistance. Chloroquine resistance-associated polymorphisms occurred in 38.5% (15/39) of the isolates. These results support the move to artemisinin-based combination therapy for malaria in Vietnam.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology (NIMPE), Hanoi, Vietnam.
authors.forename: Bui Q
authors.initials: BQ
authors.lastname: Phuc
authors.forename: Sonia R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Caruana
authors.forename: Alan F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Cowman
authors.forename: Beverley-Ann
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Biggs
authors.forename: Ngo V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Thanh
authors.forename: Nong T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Tien
authors.forename: Le K
authors.initials: le K
authors.lastname: Thuan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002738:Chloroquine / Q000494:pharmacology; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004351:Drug Resistance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D011739:Pyrimethamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D013413:Sulfadoxine / Q000494:pharmacology; D014744:Vietnam; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials; D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D004338:Drug Combinations; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; C001205:fanasil, pyrimethamine drug combination; D013413:Sulfadoxine; D002738:Chloroquine; D011739:Pyrimethamine