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Association of genetic mutations in Plasmodium vivax dhfr with resistance to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine: geographical and clinical correlates.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Nov 2001
Imwong M, Pukrittakayamee S, Looareesuwan S, Pasvol G, Poirreiz J, White N J, Snounou G
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Mutations in the Plasmodium falciparum gene (dhfr) encoding dihydrofolate reductase are associated with resistance to antifols. Plasmodium vivax, the more prevalent malaria parasite in Asia and the Americas, is considered antifol resistant. Functional polymorphisms in the dhfr gene of P. vivax (p...
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