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Low prevalence of dihydro folate reductase (dhfr) and dihydropteroate synthase (dhps) quadruple and quintuple mutant alleles associated with SP resistance in Plasmodium vivax isolates of West Bengal, India

BACKGROUND: Emergence of chloroquine resistant Plasmodium vivax is a serious obstacle towards malaria control in India. This study elucidates the temporal pattern of antifolate [sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine (SP)] resistance in P. vivax infection by means of genetic polymorphisms, especially analysing t...

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Autores principales: Das, Sabyasachi, Banik, Abhijit, Hati, Amiya Kumar, Roy, Somenath
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4969723/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27485211
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1445-9