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KASP: a genotyping method to rapid identification of resistance in Plasmodium falciparum.
Malaria journal - 6 Jan 2021
Alvarez-Fernandez Ana, Bernal María J, Fradejas Isabel, Martin Ramírez Alexandra, Md Yusuf Noor Azian, Lanza Marta, Hisam Shamilah, Pérez de Ayala Ana, Rubio José M
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BACKGROUND: The emergence and spread of anti-malarial resistance continues to hinder malaria control. Plasmodium falciparum, the species that causes most human malaria cases and most deaths, has shown resistance to almost all known anti-malarials. This anti-malarial resistance arises from the development and subsequent expansion of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) in specific parasite genes. A quick and...
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