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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Main Authors: Pinto João, Cravo Pedro, do Rosário Virgílio E, Galvão André, Teófilo Vânia, Ferreira Conceição, Vicente José L, Salgueiro Patrícia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-06-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/10/163