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Genetic Polymorphism of Cyp2d6 Gene Coding Region and Association Between Them With Vivax Malaria Relapse in Yunnan Province, China
2020-10-06
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>BackgroundPrimaquine is one of two medications able to effectively eliminate the hypnozoites of <italic>P. vivax</italic>, and therefore has been recommended by World Health Organization (WHO) as the anti-relapsing drug for vivax malaria patients. However, the reduced CYP2D6 enzyme activity caused by gene mutations has been considered to result in the failure of primaquine relapse vivax...
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- bbb3a435-cb07-5eac-bcbe-053159bb0284
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- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-77457/v1
