Genetic surveillance project conducted by the National Malaria Control Programme in partnership with GenRe-Mekong in endemic region of Vietnam. This is part of a large project of genetic surveillance of malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Dried blood spot (DBS) samples are to be collected along with short surveys on patient demographics and population movement from every confirmed case of Plasmodium falciparum and/or Plasmodium vivax malaria presenting at public health facilities. The aim is to determine the prevalence and geographic distribution of antimalarial drug resistance-linked genetic mutations, as well as the genetic structure of the parasite population, likely routes of gene flow between populations, and geographic origins of parasites.
1209 Genetic epidemiology of Plasmodium falciparum malaria and associated antimalarial drug resistance in Central Vietnam
Key People
Huynh Hong Quang
Institute of Malariology, Parasitology, and Entomology (IMPE) Quy Nhon, Ministry of Health, Vietnam
Prof Olivo Miotto
Senior Informatics Fellow
Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Thailand
Dr Thuy‐Nhien Nguyen
Senior Research Coordinator - Malaria
Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU), Vietnam
Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Oxford University, UK