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Return of widespread chloroquine-sensitive Plasmodium falciparum to Malawi.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Oct 2014
Frosch Anne E P, Laufer Miriam K, Mathanga Don P, Takala-Harrison Shannon, Skarbinski Jacek, Claassen Cassidy W, Dzinjalamala Fraction K, Plowe Christopher V
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The return of chloroquine-sensitive Plasmodium falciparum to the limited area of Blantyre, Malawi, has been well demonstrated in several studies. METHODS: To characterize chloroquine susceptibility over a wide geographic area, infants and children aged 6-59 months were selected using 2-stage cluster sampling in 8 Malawian districts. Pyrosequencing of the pfcrt gene codon 76 region was performed for...
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