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Detection of high levels of mutations involved in anti-malarial drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax at a rural hospital in southern Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: In Ethiopia, malaria is caused by Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax, and anti-malarial drug resistance is the most pressing problem confronting control of the disease. Since co-infection by both species of parasite is common and sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) has been intensive...

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Autores principales: Mula, Patricia, Fernández-Martínez, Amalia, de Lucio, Aida, Ramos, Jose Manuel, Reyes, Francisco, González, Vicenta, Benito, Agustín, Berzosa, Pedro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3161020/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21810256
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-214