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Molecular markers of antifolate resistance in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Luanda, Angola.
Malaria journal - 24 Aug 2011
Gama Bianca E, Pereira-Carvalho Guilhermina A L, Lutucuta Kosi Florbela J I, Almeida de Oliveira Natália K, Fortes Filomeno, Rosenthal Philip J, do Rosário Virgílio E, Daniel-Ribeiro Cláudio Tadeu, de Fátima Ferreira-da-Cruz Maria
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Plasmodium falciparum malaria remains a leading health problem in Africa and its control is seriously challenged by drug resistance. Although resistance to the sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is widespread, this combination remains an important component of malaria control programmes as intermittent preventive therapy (IPT) for pregnant women and children. In Angola, resistance patterns have been...
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