Table 3 Summary of antimalarial drug resistance and the associated genes in laboratory P. falciparum strains. Adapted and modified from a previous study53.
Antimalaria Drug (s) | Resistant Strain | Resistance-Associated Gene (s) |
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SD | 3D7 | dhps |
CQ, QN, PM and SD | Dd2 | Pfcrt, Pfmdr copy number variation |
CQ, SD, MFQ and PM | W2mef | Pfcrt, dhps, Pfmdr copy number variation |
MFQ | NF54 | Pfmdr copy number variation |
CQ, PM, QN and CG | 7G8 | Pfcrt, dhfr, |
CQ | GB4 | Pfcrt |