Prevalence of mutations associated with antimalarial drugs in <it>Plasmodium falciparum </it>isolates prior to the introduction of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine as first-line treatment in Iran

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>This work was carried out to assess the patterns and prevalence of resistance to chloroquine (CQ) and sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) in Iran.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>The prevalence of <it>pfcrt </it>...

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Main Authors: Djadid Navid, Raeisi Ahmad, Afsharpad Mandana, Zakeri Sedigheh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-11-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Online Access:http://www.malariajournal.com/content/6/1/148