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Plasmodium falciparumDrug Resistance in Madagascar: Facing the Spread of Unusualpfdhfrandpfmdr-1Haplotypes and the Decrease of Dihydroartemisinin Susceptibility
25 Aug 2009
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to provide the first comprehensive spatiotemporal picture of Plasmodium falciparum resistance in various geographic areas in Madagascar. Additional data about the antimalarial resistance in the neighboring islands of the Comoros archipelago were also collected. We assessed the prevalence of pfcrt, pfmdr-1, pfdhfr, and pfdhps mutations and the pfmdr-1 gene copy number in 1,596 P....
