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High prevalence of Pfcrt 76T and Pfmdr1 N86 genotypes in malaria infected patients attending health facilities in East Shewa zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia.
Malaria journal - 7 Oct 2022
Hassen Jifar, Alemayehu Gezahegn Solomon, Dinka Hunduma, Golassa Lemu
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Plasmodium falciparum resistance to series of anti-malarial drugs is a major challenge in efforts to control and/or eliminate malaria globally. In 1998, following the widespread of chloroquine (CQ) resistant P. falciparum, Ethiopia switched from CQ to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) and subsequently in 2004 from SP to artemether-lumefantrine (AL) for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria....
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