High prevalence of dihydrofolate reductase gene mutations in Plasmodium falciparum parasites among pregnant women in Nigeria after reported use of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine

This study assesses the prevalence of asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia positivity and P. falciparum dihydrofolate reductase (pfdhfr) mutations in parasite isolates among pregnant women in Southwest Nigeria. Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia was confirmed by microscopy and nested PCR in...

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Pubblicato in:Pathog Glob Health
Autori principali: Ojurongbe, Olusola, Nguetse, Christian N., Fayemiwo, Samuel A., Falade, Catherine O., Ojurongbe, Taiwo A., Thomas, Bolaji N., Meyer, Christian G., Velavan, Thirumalaisamy P.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Taylor & Francis 2018
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6056817/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29318942
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20477724.2017.1422615
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