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Molecular analysis of chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance-associated alleles in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Nicaragua.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 May 2014
Sridaran Sankar, Rodriguez Betzabe, Soto Aida Mercedes, Macedo De Oliveira Alexandre, Udhayakumar Venkatachalam
Abstract excerpt
Chloroquine (CQ) is used as a first-line therapy for the treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Nicaragua. We investigated the prevalence of molecular markers associated with CQ and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) resistance in P. falciparum isolates obtained from the North Atlantic Autonomous Region of Nicaragua. Blood spots for this study were made available from a CQ and SP drug efficacy trial conducted...
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