Significant geographical differences in prevalence of mutations associated with Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax drug resistance in two regions from Papua New Guinea

Celine Barnadas; Lincoln Timinao; Sarah Javati; Jonah Iga; Elisheba Malau; Cristian Koepfli; Leanne J Robinson; Nicolas Senn; Benson Kiniboro; Lawrence Rare; John C Reeder; Peter M Siba; Peter A Zimmerman; Harin Karunajeewa; Timothy M Davis; Ivo Mueller

Journal article

Significant geographical differences in prevalence of mutations associated with Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax drug resistance in two regions from Papua New Guinea

Celine Barnadas, Lincoln Timinao, Sarah Javati, Jonah Iga, Elisheba Malau, Cristian Koepfli, Leanne J Robinson, Nicolas Senn, Benson Kiniboro, Lawrence Rare, John C Reeder, Peter M Siba, Peter A Zimmerman, Harin Karunajeewa, Timothy M Davis, Ivo Mueller

Malaria Journal | BMC | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0879-9

University of Melbourne Researchers

Harin Karunajeewa Author Medical Biology (W.E.H.I.)

Leanne Robinson Author Medical Biology (W.E.H.I.)

Ivo Mueller Author Medical Biology (W.E.H.I.)

Cristian Koepfli Author Medical Biology (W.E.H.I.)

Grants

Awarded by Fogarty International Center

Awarded by Australian National Health Medical Research Council

Awarded by NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship

Awarded by NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship

Awarded by NHMRC Career Development Fellowship

Awarded by NHMRC Early Career Fellowship

Funding Acknowledgements

This study was supported by grants from Fogarty International Center (TW007872 and TW007377), and the Australian National Health Medical Research Council (#1010203). The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded the original clinical studies under which the samples were collected. TMD was supported by an NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship (#1058260), IM by an NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship (#1043345), HK by an NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (#1064772) and LJR by an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship (#1016443).