Distribution patterns of molecular markers of antimalarial drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum isolates on the Thai-Myanmar border during the periods of 1993-1998 and 2002-2008.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateApproval of the study protocol was obtained from the Ethics Committee for Research in Human Subjects, Ministry of Public Health of Thailand (approval number 3/52–293) and the Human Research Ethics Commitee of Thammasat University-Medicine (approval number 068/2560). Except sample collected during 1993–2002 which was used as leftover sample, written informed consents were obtained from all patients before the study. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding This work was supported by the Thailand Science Research and Innovation Fundamental Fund and the Center of Excellence in Pharmacology and Molecular Biology of Malaria and Cholangiocarcinoma, Thammasat University. The National Research Council of Thailand supports Kesara Na-Bangchang under the Research Team Promotion grant (grant number 820/2563)."