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MOLECULAR SURVEILLANCE OF Plasmodium vivax AND Plasmodium falciparum DHFR MUTATIONS IN ISOLATES FROM SOUTHERN IRAN

In Iran, both Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum malaria have been detected, but P. vivax is the predominant species. Point mutations in dihydrofolate reductase (dhfr) gene in both Plasmodia are the major mechanisms of pyrimethamine resistance. From April 2007 to June 2009, a total of 134 blood samp...

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Autores principales: SHARIFI-SARASIABI, Khojasteh, HAGHIGHI, Ali, KAZEMI, Bahram, TAGHIPOUR, Niloofar, MOJARAD, Ehsan Nazemalhosseini, GACHKAR, Latif
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4804553/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27007559
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201658016