In vitro growth competition experiments that suggest consequences of the substandard artemisinin epidemic that may be accelerating drug resistance in P. falciparum malaria

Matthew R. Hassett; Paul D. Roepe

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0248057

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In vitro growth competition experiments that suggest consequences of the substandard artemisinin epidemic that may be accelerating drug resistance in P. falciparum malaria

Matthew R. Hassett,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Dept. of Chemistry and Dept. of Biochemistry & Cellular & Molecular Biology, Georgetown University (MRH, PDR), Washington, DC, United States of America
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Paul D. Roepe

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: roepep@georgetown.edu

Affiliation Dept. of Chemistry and Dept. of Biochemistry & Cellular & Molecular Biology, Georgetown University (MRH, PDR), Washington, DC, United States of America
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In vitro growth competition experiments that suggest consequences of the substandard artemisinin epidemic that may be accelerating drug resistance in P. falciparum malaria

Matthew R. Hassett,
Paul D. Roepe

Published: March 9, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248057

About the Authors

Matthew R. Hassett

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Dept. of Chemistry and Dept. of Biochemistry & Cellular & Molecular Biology, Georgetown University (MRH, PDR), Washington, DC, United States of America

Paul D. Roepe

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: roepep@georgetown.edu

Affiliation Dept. of Chemistry and Dept. of Biochemistry & Cellular & Molecular Biology, Georgetown University (MRH, PDR), Washington, DC, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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