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Molecular markers of resistance to amodiaquine plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in an area with seasonal malaria chemoprevention in south central Niger.
Malaria journal - 27 Feb 2018
Grais Rebecca F, Laminou Ibrahim M, Woi-Messe Lynda, Makarimi Rockyath, Bouriema Seidou H, Langendorf Celine, Amambua-Ngwa Alfred, D'Alessandro Umberto, Guérin Philippe J, Fandeur Thierry, Sibley Carol H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In Niger, malaria transmission is markedly seasonal with most of the disease burden occurring in children during the rainy season. Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) with amodiaquine plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (AQ + SP) is recommended in the country to be administered monthly just before and during the rainy season. Moreover, clinical decisions on use of SP for intermittent preventive...
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