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Plasmodium falciparum infection dynamics and transmission potential following treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Jul 2006
Gatton Michelle L, Cheng Qin
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the overall efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) treatment and the corresponding transmission potential for patients infected with SP-resistant Plasmodium falciparum. METHODS: A mathematical model of the in-host dynamics of P. falciparum infections was used to simulate infections with parasites having different numbers of mutations in the dhfr and dhps genes and their responses to...
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