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Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine impairs Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte infectivity and Anopheles mosquito survival.
International journal for parasitology - 15 Aug 2010
Kone Aminatou, van de Vegte-Bolmer Marga, Siebelink-Stoter Rianne, van Gemert Geert-Jan, Dara Antoine, Niangaly Hamidou, Luty Adrian, Doumbo Ogobara K, Sauerwein Robert, Djimde Abdoulaye A
Abstract excerpt
Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is currently the drug of choice for intermittent preventive treatment of Plasmodium falciparum both in pregnancy and infancy. A prolonged parasite clearance time conferred by dhfr and dhps mutations is believed to be responsible for increased gametocyte prevalence in SP treated individuals. However, using a direct feeding assay in Mali, we showed that gametocytes present in...
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