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Moving beyond the state of the art of understanding resistance mechanisms in hookworms: confirming old and suggesting new associated SNPs.
Acta tropica - 1 Sept 2022
Medeiros Celi da Silva, Furtado Luis Fernando Viana, Miranda Guilherme Silva, da Silva Vivian Jordania, Dos Santos Talita Rodrigues, Rabelo Élida Mara Leite
Abstract excerpt
Hookworms represent a serious problem for human and animal health in different parts of the world. One of the suggested control strategies for parasitosis caused by members of the Ancylostomatidae family is mass drug aministration with benzimidazole compounds. This strategy has been proven to lead to the establishment of resistant strains in several nematodes related to SNPs at codons 167, 198 and 200 of the...
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