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Novel pfdhps haplotypes among imported cases of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the United Kingdom.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Aug 2009
Sutherland Colin J, Fifer Helen, Pearce Richard J, bin Reza Faisal, Nicholas Meredydd, Haustein Thomas, Njimgye-Tekumafor Njah E, Doherty Justin F, Gothard Philip, Polley Spencer D, Chiodini Peter L
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Treatment of acute malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum may include long-half-life drugs, such as the antifolate combination sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP), to provide posttreatment chemoprophylaxis against parasite recrudescence or delayed emergence from the liver. An unusual case of P. falciparum recrudescence in a returned British traveler who received such a regimen, as well as a series of 44 parasite...
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