Return of chloroquine-sensitive Plasmodium falciparum parasites and emergence of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium vivax in Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: Increased resistance by Plasmodium falciparum parasites led to the withdrawal of the antimalarial drugs chloroquine and sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in Ethiopia. Since 2004 artemether-lumefantrine has served to treat uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria. However, increasing reports on delay...

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Autores principales: Mekonnen, Seleshi Kebede, Aseffa, Abraham, Berhe, Nega, Teklehaymanot, Tilahun, Clouse, Ronald M, Gebru, Tamirat, Medhin, Girmay, Velavan, Thirumalaisamy P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4230645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24964730
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-13-244

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