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Chloroquine-resistance molecular markers (Pfcrt T76 and Pfmdr-1 Y86) and amodiaquine resistance in Burkina Faso.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH - 1 Feb 2008
Tinto Halidou, Guekoun Lougué, Zongo Issaka, Guiguemdé Robert Tinga, D'Alessandro Umberto, Ouédraogo Jean Bosco
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the relationship between the two main molecular markers for chloroquine resistance (Pfcrt T76 and Pfmdr-1 Y86) and the clinical efficacy of amodiaquine in Burkina Faso. Before treatment, the prevalence of Pfcrt T76, Pfmdr-1 Y86 or both mutations in the same infection was significantly higher in patients who experienced a recrudescence than in those who successfully responded to the treatment....
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