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Chloroquine resistance before and after its withdrawal in Kenya.
Malaria journal - 18 May 2009
Mwai Leah, Ochong Edwin, Abdirahman Abdi, Kiara Steven M, Ward Steve, Kokwaro Gilbert, Sasi Philip, Marsh Kevin, Borrmann Steffen, Mackinnon Margaret, Nzila Alexis
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The spread of resistance to chloroquine (CQ) led to its withdrawal from use in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa in the 1990s. In Malawi, this withdrawal was followed by a rapid reduction in the frequency of resistance to the point where the drug is now considered to be effective once again, just nine years after its withdrawal. In this report, the polymorphisms of markers associated with...
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