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Field-based evidence for the linkage of pfcrt and pfdhfr drug-resistant malaria genotypes and clinical profiles of severe malaria in Niger.
Microbes and infection - 1 Apr 2007
Ibrahim Maman Laminou, Gay-Andrieu Françoise, Adehossi Eric, Lacroix Veronique, Randrianarivelojosia Milijaona, Duchemin Jean-Bernard
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Drug resistance has been shown to increase malaria mortality and morbidity in both community- and hospital-based studies. We investigated the association between two Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance-related molecular markers and clinical profiles of severe malaria in children hospitalised in Niger. PCR-RFLP analysis showed that the codon 108 mutation of the pfdhfr gene was positively linked to severe...
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