Antimalarial Drug Sensitivity Profile of Western Kenya Plasmodium falciparum Field Isolates Determined by a SYBR Green I in vitro Assay and Molecular Analysis
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Am J Trop Med Hyg 2011 vol. 85 no. 1 34-41
In 2007–2008, we assayed 121 P. falciparum field isolates from western Kenya for 50% inhibitory concentrations (IC50) against 6 antimalarial drugs using a SYBR Green I in vitro assay: 91 immediate ex vivo (IEV) and 30 culture-adapted, along with P. falciparum reference clones D6 (chloroquine [CQ] sensitive) and W2 (CQ resistant).
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