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Intensity of transmission and spread of gene mutations linked to chloroquine and sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance in falciparum malaria.
International journal for parasitology - 15 Sept 2003
Talisuna Ambrose O, Langi Peter, Mutabingwa Theonest K, Van Marck Eric, Speybroeck Niko, Egwang Thomas G, Watkins William W, Hastings Ian M, D'Alessandro Umberto
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The number of malaria parasite clones per infection-multiplicity of parasite clones-is affected by the transmission intensity, multiplicity increases with increasing transmission. This affects the frequency of parasites' sexual recombination and, if several mutations in different genes are involved, can break down drug resistant genotypes. Therefore, the effects of malaria transmission intensity on the spread of...
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