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Association of house spraying with suppressed levels of drug resistance in Zimbabwe.
Malaria journal - 18 Oct 2004
Mharakurwa Sungano, Mutambu Susan L, Mudyiradima Robert, Chimbadzwa Tawanda, Chandiwana Steven K, Day Karen P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Public health strategies are needed to curb antimalarial drug resistance. Theoretical argument points to an association between malaria transmission and drug resistance although field evidence remains limited. Field observations, made in Zimbabwe, on the relationship between transmission and multigenic drug resistance, typified by chloroquine, are reported here. METHODS: Periodic assessments of the...
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