Prevalence of chloroquine and antifolate drug resistance alleles in Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates from three areas in Ghana [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

Prevalence of chloroquine and antifolate drug resistance alleles in Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates from three areas in Ghana [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

Background: The emergence and spread of resistance in Plasmodium falciparum to chloroquine (CQ) necessitated the change from CQ to artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) as first-line drug for the management of uncomplicated malaria in Ghana in 2005. Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) which was...

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Main Authors: James Abugri, Felix Ansah, Kwaku P. Asante, Comfort N. Opoku, Lucas A. Amenga-Etego, Gordon A. Awandare
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: F1000 Research Ltd 2018-12-01
Series:AAS Open Research
Online Access:https://aasopenresearch.org/articles/1-1/v2

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