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Transmission and cross-mating of high-level resistance Plasmodium falciparum dihydrofolate reductase haplotypes in The Gambia.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Apr 2010
Kheir Amani, Nwakanma Davis, Al-Gazali Aisha, Akbarova Yagut, Al-Saai Salma, Swedberg Göte, Babiker Hamza A
Abstract excerpt
A high-level pyrimethamine resistance Plasmodium falciparum lineage with triple dihydrofolate reductase (dhfr) mutations prevails across Africa. However, additional minority lineages were seen. We examined transmission success of mutant dhfr haplotypes among 22 children in The Gambia and 60 infected Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes fed on their blood. Additional polymorphic genes of the gametocyte-specific protein...
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