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Occurrence of multiple chloroquine-resistant Pfcrt haplotypes and emergence of the S(agt)VMNT type in Cameroonian Plasmodium falciparum.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Feb 2014
Ngassa Mbenda Huguette Gaelle, Das Aparup
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OBJECTIVES: The main objective of this study was to unravel the distribution of different Pfcrt genotypes in the central, littoral, eastern and southern regions of Cameroon and also in locations bordering Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. This is because (i) the chloroquine-resistant malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum shows a wide occurrence in Cameroon, (ii) mutations in the 72nd to 76th amino acid positions of...
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