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Drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum from the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH - 1 Jun 2004
van den Broek Ingrid V F, van der Wardt Sophia, Talukder Lenin, Chakma Swarupa, Brockman Alan, Nair Shalini, Anderson Tim C
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy of antimalarial treatment and molecular markers of Plasmodium falciparum resistance in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. METHODS: A total of 203 patients infected with P. falciparum were treated with quinine 3 days plus sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine (SP) combination therapy, and followed up during a 4-week period. Blood samples collected before treatment were genotyped for...
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