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Evaluation of prevalence's of pfdhfr and pfdhps mutations in Angola.
Malaria journal - 2 Feb 2011
Fortes Filomeno, Dimbu Rafael, Figueiredo Paula, Neto Zoraima, do Rosário Virgílio E, Lopes Dinora
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Malaria is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in Angola. The most vulnerable groups to Plasmodium falciparum infection are pregnant women and children under five years of age. The use of an intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) with sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine (SP) in pregnant women was introduced in Angola in 2006 by the National Malaria Control Programme, and currently this strategy has...
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