New Plasmodium falciparum field isolates obtained from villages near Dakar, Senegal are from patient populations that were recently exposed to multiple, changing drug regimens due to the emergence of clinical resistance to traditional drugs. The parasites exhibit diverse genetic barcodes and antimalarial drug sensitivity profiles (Park et al., PNAS, 109: 13052–13057, 2012). MRA-1169,
Plasmodium falciparum 02000708 Tanzania, a clinical isolate from Morogoro, has also become available in the catalog.
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