Tracing the origins and signatures of selection of antifolate resistance in island populations of <it>Plasmodium falciparum</it>
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Resistance of the malaria parasite <it>Plasmodium falciparum </it>to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) has evolved worldwide. In the archipelago of São Tomé and Principe (STP), West Africa, although SP resistance is highly p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-06-01
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| Series: | BMC Infectious Diseases |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/10/163 |