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The origins of antimalarial drug resistance.
Trends in parasitology - 1 Nov 2004
Hastings Ian M
Abstract excerpt
Resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to the antimalarial drug sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine is a result of extremely rare mutations that have spread over large geographical areas. This pattern was completely unexpected because mutations encoding resistance occur commonly in laboratory conditions, leading to the expectation that resistance would originate locally on numerous occasions. This can be reconciled with basic...
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