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Molecular surveillance as monitoring tool for drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Suriname.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Aug 2013
Adhin Malti R, Labadie-Bracho Mergiory, Bretas Gustavo
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this translational study was to show the use of molecular surveillance for polymorphisms and copy number as a monitoring tool to track the emergence and dynamics of Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance. A molecular baseline for Suriname was established in 2005, with P. falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter (pfcrt) and P. falciparum multidrug resistance (pfmdr1) markers and copy number in 40...
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