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Recent uptake of intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy with sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine is associated with increased prevalence of Pfdhfr mutations in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

BACKGROUND: The impact of sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine (SP) used as intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy (IPTp-SP) on mutant parasite selection has been poorly documented in Burkina Faso. This study sought first to explore the relationship between IPTp-SP and the presence of mutant parasi...

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Autores principales: Cisse, Mamoudou, Awandare, Gordon A., Soulama, Alamissa, Tinto, Halidou, Hayette, Marie-Pierre, Guiguemdé, Robert T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5259838/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28114990
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1695-1