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URBAN MALARIA IN DAKAR, SENEGAL: CHEMOSUSCEPTIBILITY AND GENETIC DIVERSITY OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM ISOLATES
1 Jul 2006
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The chemosusceptibility and genetic polymorphism of Plasmodium falciparum populations from 48 patients hospitalized for malaria at the Hospital Principal in Dakar, Senegal were investigated during the 2002 malaria transmission season. Sixty-two percent of the isolates collected were from patients with severe malaria and 38% were from patients with mild malaria. In vitro activities of chloroquine, quinine,...
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