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Analysis of genetic mutations associated with anti-malarial drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum from the Democratic Republic of East Timor.
Malaria journal - 9 Apr 2009
de Almeida Afonso, Arez Ana Paula, Cravo Pedro Vl, do Rosário Virgílio E
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BACKGROUND: In response to chloroquine (CQ) resistance, the policy for the first-line treatment of uncomplicated malaria in the Democratic Republic of East Timor (DRET) was changed in early 2000. The combination of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) was then introduced for the treatment of uncomplic...
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