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High prevalence of sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine resistance alleles in Plasmodium falciparum parasites from Bangladesh.
Parasitology international - 1 Jun 2010
Marma Aung Swi Prue, Mita Toshihiro, Eto Hideaki, Tsukahara Takahiro, Sarker Sumon, Endo Hiroyoshi
Abstract excerpt
In Bangladesh, despite the official introduction of artemisinin combination therapy in 2004, chloroquine+sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine has been used for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria. To assess the distribution of pfcrt, pfmdr1, dhfr, and dhps genotypes in Plasmodium falciparum, we conducted...
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