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Pfatp6 molecular profile of Plasmodium falciparum isolates in the western Brazilian Amazon.
Malaria journal - 10 Apr 2012
Brasil Larissa W, Areas André L L, Melo Gisely C, Oliveira Cintia M C, Alecrim Maria G C, Lacerda Marcus V G, O'Brien Connor, Oelemann Walter M R, Zalis Mariano G
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BACKGROUND: Anti-malarial drug resistance has emerged as one of the biggest challenges confronting the worldwide effort to control malaria. The appearance of chloroquine and multi-drug resistance had devastating effects on therapeutic efficacy of former first-line agents. Artemisinin has proven to be an excellent therapeutic alternative to fill the void in chemotherapeutic options left by resistance mechanisms....
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