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Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum antimalarial drug resistance genes in Southeastern Gabon from 2011 to 2014
1 Aug 2018
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Purpose: The introduction of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) in treating uncomplicated malaria and sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine (SP) as intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy drastically decreased the burden of malarial disease around the world. However, ACTs are known to select for drug resistance markers. In Gabon, artemether–lumefantrine induced an increase in the prevalence of N86-...
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