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Survey of chloroquine-resistant mutations in the Plasmodium falciparum pfcrt and pfmdr-1 genes in Hadhramout, Yemen.
Acta tropica - 1 Sept 2015
Bamaga Omar A A, Mahdy Mohammed A K, Lim Yvonne A L
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Malaria is still a major public health problem in Yemen. More than 95% of the malaria cases are due to Plasmodium falciparum. Recently in Yemen, the antimalarial treatment policy was changed from chloroquine (CQ) to artemisinin combination therapy (ACTs). However, CQ is still available and prescribed in the Yemeni market. The persistence of CQ resistance will be prolonged if the shift to ACT and the...
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