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Therapeutic efficacy of chloroquine and sequence variation in pfcrt gene among patients with falciparum malaria in central India.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH - 1 Jan 2010
Bharti Praveen Kumar, Alam Mohammad Tauqeer, Boxer Robert, Shukla Man Mohan, Gautam Sant P, Sharma Yagya D, Singh Neeru
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OBJECTIVES: To assess the therapeutic efficacy of chloroquine (CQ) treatment against uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum infections in a tribal population of central India (Madhya Pradesh) and to investigate the prevalence of mutant P. falciparum chloroquine-resistant transporter (pfcrt) gene in the parasite population. METHODS: Clinical and parasitological response was determined by in-vivo testing. For...
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