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Prevalence and patterns of antifolate and chloroquine drug resistance markers in Plasmodium vivax across Pakistan.
Malaria journal - 5 Sept 2013
Khattak Aamer A, Venkatesan Meera, Khatoon Lubna, Ouattara Amed, Kenefic Leo J, Nadeem Muhammad F, Nighat Farida, Malik Salman A, Plowe Christopher V
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Plasmodium vivax is the most prevalent malaria species in Pakistan, with a distribution that coincides with Plasmodium falciparum in many parts of the country. Both species are likely exposed to drug pressure from a number of anti-malarials including chloroquine, sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP), and artemisinin combination therapy, yet little is known regarding the effects of drug pressure on parasite...
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