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The return of chloroquine-sensitive Plasmodium falciparum parasites in Jazan Region, Southwestern Saudi Arabia over a decade after the adoption of artemisinin-based combination therapy: analysis of genetic mutations in the pfcrt gene
2021-09-14
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>This study investigated the polymorphism in the <italic>P. falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter</italic> (<italic>pfcrt</italic>) gene 11 years after chloroquine (CQ) cessation in Jazan region, southwestern Saudi Arabia. Two hundred and thirty-five <italic>P.</italic> <italic>falciparum </italic>isolates were amplified to detect mutations in the <italic>pfcrt</italic> gene. The...
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- Literature Corpus work
- d79da19c-45ba-5f08-a7c8-330808c0c8e5
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-812480/v2
