TY - JOUR AU - Nyunt, Myat Htut AU - Shein, Thinzar AU - Zaw, Ni Ni AU - Han, Soe Soe AU - Muh, Fauzi AU - Lee, Seong-Kyun AU - Han, Jin-Hee AU - Thant, Kyaw Zin AU - Han, Eun-Taek AU - Kyaw, Myat Phone T1 - Molecular Evidence of Drug Resistance in Asymptomatic Malaria Infections, Myanmar, 2015 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2017 VL - 23 IS - 3 SP - 517 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Artemisinin resistance containment in Myanmar was initiated in 2011 after artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria was reported. Molecular evidence suggests that asymptomatic malaria infections harboring drug resistance genes are present among residents of the Myanmar artemisinin resistance containment zone. This evidence supports efforts to eliminate these hidden infections. KW - malaria KW - antimicrobial resistance KW - Myanmar KW - asymptomatic KW - artemisinin KW - plasmodium KW - parasites KW - PCR DO - 10.3201/eid2303.161363 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/3/16-1363_article ER - End of Reference