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Combination therapy counteracts the enhanced transmission of drug-resistant malaria parasites to mosquitoes.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Oct 2004
Hallett Rachel L, Sutherland Colin J, Alexander Neal, Ord Rosalynn, Jawara Musa, Drakeley Chris J, Pinder Margaret, Walraven Gijs, Targett Geoffrey A T, Alloueche Ali
Abstract excerpt
Malaria parasites carrying genes conferring resistance to antimalarials are thought to have a selective advantage which leads to higher rates of transmissibility from the drug-treated host. This is a likely mechanism for the increasing prevalence of parasites with resistance to chloroquine (CQ) and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in sub-Saharan Africa. Combination therapy is the key strategy being implemented to reduce...
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