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Relationship between the Pfcrt T76 and the Pfmdr-1 Y86 mutations in Plasmodium falciparum and in vitro/in vivo chloroquine resistance in Burkina Faso, West Africa.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2003
Tinto Halidou, Ouédraogo Jean Bosco, Erhart Annette, Van Overmeir Chantal, Dujardin Jean-Claude, Van Marck Eric, Guiguemdé Tinga Robert, D'Alessandro Umberto
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The relationship between Pfcrt T76 and Pfmdr-1 Y86 mutations in Plasmodium falciparum was explored in samples from patients with uncomplicated malaria and tested in vitro and in vivo with chloroquine (CQ) in Burkina Faso. The two mutations were strongly related. The Pfcrt T76 mutation was found i...
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