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Susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum isolates to doxycycline is associated with pftetQ sequence polymorphisms and pftetQ and pfmdt copy numbers.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2010
Briolant Sébastien, Wurtz Nathalie, Zettor Agnès, Rogier Christophe, Pradines Bruno
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BACKGROUND: Doxycycline is used in combination with quinine for malaria treatment or alone for malaria chemoprophylaxis. However, the occurrence of malaria after doxycycline chemoprophylaxis has been reported. Identification of genetic determinants that contribute to the susceptibility of Plasmod...
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