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Prevalence of pfk13 and pfmdr1 polymorphisms in Bounkiling, Southern Senegal.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2021
Ahouidi Ambroise, Oliveira Rafael, Lobo Lis, Diedhiou Cyrille, Mboup Souleymane, Nogueira Fatima
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Delayed Plasmodium falciparum parasite clearance has been associated with Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) in the kelch protein propeller domain (coded by pfk13 gene). SNPs in the Plasmodium falciparum multidrug resistance gene 1 (pfmdr1) are associated with multi-drug resistance including the combination artemether-lumefantrine. To our knowledge, this is the first work providing information on...
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