Molecular surveillance of drug-resistance associated mutations of Plasmodium falciparum in south-west Tanzania

BACKGROUND: In Tanzania, drug-resistant malaria parasites are an increasing public health concern. Because of widespread chloroquine (CQ) resistance Tanzania changed its first line treatment recommendations for uncomplicated malaria from CQ to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) in 2001. Loss of SP sensi...

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Main Authors: Schönfeld, Mirjam, Barreto Miranda, Isabel, Schunk, Mirjam, Maduhu, Ibrahim, Maboko, Leonard, Hoelscher, Michael, Berens-Riha, Nicole, Kitua, Andrew, Löscher, Thomas
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2007
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1781949/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17224049
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-6-2
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