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Tracking origins and spread of sulfadoxine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum dhps alleles in Thailand.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jan 2011
Alam Md Tauqeer, Vinayak Sumiti, Congpuong Kanungnit, Wongsrichanalai Chansuda, Satimai Wichai, Slutsker Laurence, Escalante Ananias A, Barnwell John W, Udhayakumar Venkatachalam
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The emergence and spread of drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum have been a major impediment for the control of malaria worldwide. Earlier studies have shown that similar to chloroquine (CQ) resistance, high levels of pyrimethamine resistance in P. falciparum originated independently 4 to 5 time...
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