Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Journals "Acta Tropica"

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Detection of a broad range of Leishmania species and determination of parasite load of infected mouse by real-time PCR targeting the arginine permease gene AAP3

Tellevik, Marit Gjerde; Müller, Karl Erik; Rebbestad, Karen; Nerland, Audun Helge (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-09)

Leishmaniasis is one of the world's most neglected infectious diseases, affecting around 12 million people and more than 350 million at risk of infection. The clinical picture varies from self-healing cutaneous lesions to ...
Surveillance of molecular markers for antimalarial resistance in Zambia: Polymorphism of Pfkelch 13, Pfmdr1 and Pfdhfr/Pfdhps genes

Sitali, Lungowe; Lindtjørn, Bernt; Mwenda, Mulenga C.; Miller, John M.; Bridges, Daniel J.; Hawela, Moonga B.; Hamainza, Busiku; Mudenda-Chilufya, Mutinta; Chizema-Kawesha, Elizabeth; Daniels, Rachel F.; Eisele, Thomas P.; Nerland, Audun H.; Chipeta, James (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-12)

Antimalarial resistance is an inevitable feature of control efforts and a key threat to achieving malaria elimination. Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest of several species causing human malaria, has developed resistance ...