Molecular epidemiology of malaria in Cameroon. XXVI. Twelve-year in vitro and molecular surveillance of pyrimethamine resistance and experimental studies to modulate pyrimethamine resistance.

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In vitro pyrimethamine response of Plasmodium falciparum isolates and dihydrofolate reductase (dhfr) gene sequences were analyzed in 2004-2005 and compared with our previous data. Most isolates (n = 103, all dhfr mutants) had 50% inhibitory concentrations (IC(50)s) > or = 119 nM, and six isolates had low IC(50)s (five wild-type or mixed dhfr, 0.04-1.37 nM; one triple mutant, 6.4 nM). Of 194 isolates, only 7 had...

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