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Can pharmacogenomics improve malaria drug policy?
Bulletin of the World Health Organization - 1 Nov 2011
Roederer Mary W, McLeod Howard, Juliano Jonathan J
Abstract excerpt
Coordinated global efforts to prevent and control malaria have been a tour-de-force for public health, but success appears to have reached a plateau in many parts of the world. While this is a multifaceted problem, policy strategies have largely ignored genetic variations in humans as a factor that influences both selection and dosing of antimalarial drugs. This includes attempts to decrease toxicity, increase...
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