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No genetic bottleneck in Plasmodium falciparum wild-type Pfcrt alleles reemerging in Hainan Island, China, following high-level chloroquine resistance.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jan 2008
Chen Nanhua, Gao Qi, Wang Shanqing, Wang Guangze, Gatton Michelle, Cheng Qin
Abstract excerpt
Chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum was highly prevalent in Hainan, China, in the 1970s. Twenty-five years after cessation of chloroquine therapy, the prevalence of P. falciparum wild-type Pfcrt alleles has risen to 36% (95% confidence interval, 22.1 to 52.4%). The diverse origins of wild...
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