High prevalence of quintuple mutant dhps/dhfr genes in Plasmodium falciparum infections seven years after introduction of sulfadoxine and pyrimethamine as first line treatment in Malawi

High prevalence of quintuple mutant dhps/dhfr genes in Plasmodium falciparum infections seven years after introduction of sulfadoxine and pyrimethamine as first line treatment in Malawi

Malawi changed its national policy for malaria treatment in 1993, becoming the first country in Africa to replace chloroquine by sulfadoxine and pyrimethamine combination (SP) as the first-line drug for uncomplicated malaria. Seven years after this change, we investigated the prevalence of dihydropt...

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Main Authors: B. Bwijo, A. Kaneko, M. Takechi, I. L. Zungu, Y. Moriyama, J. K. Lum, T. Tsukahara, T. Mita, N. Takahashi, Y. Bergqvist, A. Björkman, T. Kobayakawa
Other Authors: Tokyo Women's Medical University
Format: Article
Published: 2018
Subjects:
Immunology and Microbiology
Online Access:https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/20924
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Institution: Mahidol University

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