Status of dhps and dhfr genes of Plasmodium falciparum in Colombia before artemisinin based treatment policy Estado de los genes dhps y dhfr de Plasmodium falciparum en Colombia antes de la recomendación de tratamiento basado en artemisinina

Status of dhps and dhfr genes of Plasmodium falciparum in Colombia before artemisinin based treatment policy Estado de los genes dhps y dhfr de Plasmodium falciparum en Colombia antes de la recomendación de tratamiento basado en artemisinina

Introduction: Surveillance of the genetic characteristics of dhps and dhfr can be useful to outline guidelines for application of intermittent preventive therapy in Northwest Colombia and to define the future use of antifolates in artemisinin-based combination therapy schemes. Objective: To evaluate...

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Main Authors: Andrés Villa, Jaime Carmona-Fonseca, Agustín Benito, Alonso Martínez, Amanda Maestre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asociación Colombiana de Infectología 2012-03-01
Series:Infectio
Subjects:
Plasmodium falciparum
malaria
dhps
dhfr
resistencia
sulfadoxina
Colombia
resistance
sulphadoxine
Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0123-93922012000100007

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