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Low level genotypic chloroquine resistance near Malawi's northern border with Tanzania.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH - 1 Sept 2009
Bridges Daniel J, Molyneux Malcolm, Nkhoma Standwell
Abstract excerpt
We conducted a prevalence study of mutations in Plasmodium falciparum that are associated with antimalarial drug resistance at a rural site in Karonga near Malawi's northern border with Tanzania. We found a higher prevalence of the key chloroquine resistance-conferring mutation in the pfcrt gene...
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