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Various pfcrt and pfmdr1 genotypes of Plasmodium falciparum cocirculate with P. malariae, P. ovale spp., and P. vivax in northern Angola.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Oct 2012
Fançony Cláudia, Gamboa Dina, Sebastião Yuri, Hallett Rachel, Sutherland Colin, Sousa-Figueiredo José Carlos, Nery Susana Vaz
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Artemisinin-based combination therapy for malaria has become widely available across Africa. Populations of Plasmodium falciparum that were previously dominated by chloroquine (CQ)-resistant genotypes are now under different drug selection pressures. P. malariae, P. ovale curtisi, and P. ovale wallikeri are sympatric with P. falciparum across the continent and are frequently present as coinfections. The...
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