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Novel pfkelch13 Gene Polymorphism Associates With Artemisinin Resistance in Eastern India
6 Dec 2018
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BACKGROUND: Artesunate-sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (ASSP) is the frontline artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) in India. Random, irrational, subtherapeutic artemisinin doses and self-medication with ACT along with predominance of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance parasite invoked a strong possibility of emerging artemisinin-resistant malaria parasites. METHODS: This study involved 226 patients with...
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