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Therapeutic efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and the prevalence of molecular markers of resistance in under 5-year olds in Brazzaville, Congo.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH - 1 Oct 2007
Ndounga Mathieu, Tahar Rachida, Basco Leonardo K, Casimiro Prisca N, Malonga David A, Ntoumi Francine
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To test the efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyremethamine (SP) monotherapy and establish the prevalence of mutations in dhfr and dhps in Brazzaville, Congo. METHOD: We recruited 97 patients aged 6-59 months with uncomplicated malaria who attended Tenrikyo public health centre. Eighty-three were followed until day 28. SP efficacy was determined by the WHO 28-day test and analysis of mutations in the Plasmodium...
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