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The evolution of pyrimethamine resistant dhfr in Plasmodium falciparum of south-eastern Tanzania: comparing selection under SP alone vs SP+artesunate combination
BACKGROUND: Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) resistance is now widespread throughout east and southern Africa and artemisinin compounds in combination with synthetic drugs (ACT) are recommended as replacement treatments by the World Health Organization (WHO). As well as high cure rates, ACT has been...
Autores principales: | Malisa, Allen L, Pearce, Richard J, Mutayoba, Ben M, Abdullah, Salim, Mshinda, Hassan, Kachur, Patrick S, Bloland, Peter, Roper, Cally |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3213132/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22029848 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-317 |
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