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Genetic diversity of Plasmodium vivax metacaspase 1 and Plasmodium vivax multi-drug resistance 1 genes of field isolates from Mauritania, Sudan and Oman.
Malaria journal - 2 Feb 2017
Sow Fatimata, Bonnot Guillaume, Ahmed Bilal Rabah, Diagana Sidi Mohamed, Kebe Hachim, Koita Mohamedou, Samba Ba Malado, Al-Mukhaini Said K, Al-Zadjali Majed, Al-Abri Seif S, Ali Osama A M, Samy Abdallah M, Hamid Muzamil Mahdi Abdel, Ali Albsheer Musab M, Simon Bruno, Bienvenu Anne-Lise, Petersen Eskild, Picot Stéphane
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BACKGROUND: Plasmodium vivax is the second most important human malaria parasite, widely spread across the world. This parasite is associated with important issues in the process toward malaria elimination, including potential for relapse and increased resistance to chloroquine. Plasmodium vivax multi-drug resistant (pvmdr1) is suspected to be a marker of resistance although definitive evidence is lacking....
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