Evaluation of dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthetase genotypes that confer resistance to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in <it>Plasmodium falciparum</it> in Haiti
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Malaria caused by <it>Plasmodium falciparum</it> infects roughly 30,000 individuals in Haiti each year. Haiti has used chloroquine (CQ) as a first-line treatment for malaria for many years and as a result there are concer...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-08-01
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Series: | Malaria Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.malariajournal.com/content/11/1/275 |