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In vitro activities of piperaquine, lumefantrine, and dihydroartemisinin in Kenyan Plasmodium falciparum isolates and polymorphisms in pfcrt and pfmdr1.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Dec 2009
Mwai Leah, Kiara Steven M, Abdirahman Abdi, Pole Lewa, Rippert Anja, Diriye Abdi, Bull Pete, Marsh Kevin, Borrmann Steffen, Nzila Alexis
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We have analyzed the in vitro chemosensitivity profiles of 115 Kenyan isolates for chloroquine (CQ), piperaquine, lumefantrine (LM), and dihydroartemisinin in association with polymorphisms in pfcrt at codon 76 and pfmdr1 at codon 86, as well as with variations of the copy number of pfmdr1. The m...
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