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Plasmodium falciparum: higher incidence of molecular resistance markers for sulphadoxine than for pyrimethamine in Kasangati, Uganda.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH - 1 Jun 2005
Sendagire Hakim, Kyabayinze Daniel, Swedberg Göte, Kironde Fred
Abstract excerpt
In November of 2000, Uganda changed its anti-malarial policy to replace chloroquine (CQ) with a combination of CQ and sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) as the first line agents. Information was limited on the efficacy of either drug. The present study was designed to provide baseline information on the efficacy of SP and the prevalence of molecular markers that are associated with SP resistance. Blood samples were...
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