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[Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine and pyrimethamine resistance monitoring network with molecular tools in the Niger River valley, Republic of Niger].
Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique (1990) - 1 Feb 2008
Ibrahim M L, Hassane H, Konate L, Adamou S, Ousmane I, Adehossi E, Jeanne I, Duchemin J B
Abstract excerpt
Plasmodium falciparum resistance to chloroquine first arose in Africa 25 years ago. Nowadays most of African malaria control programmes have switched their first-line treatment of uncomplicated malaria cases towards artemisinin derivatives combination. After WHO guidelines, a survey network for malaria treatment resistance has been set up in the Niger valley around Niamey since December 2004. The association of...
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