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Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum anti-malarial resistance-associated polymorphisms in pfcrt, pfmdr1 and pfnhe1 in Muheza, Tanzania, prior to introduction of artemisinin combination therapy
BACKGROUND: A report of the chloroquine and amodiaquine resistance pfcrt-SVMNT haplotype in Tanzania raises concern about high-level resistance to the artesunate-amodiaquine combination treatment widely employed in Africa. Mutations in the pfmdr1 multi-drug resistance gene may also be associated wit...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4392636/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25890383 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-015-0642-2 |