Temporal evolution of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance genotypes and genetic diversity in response to a decade of increased interventions against Plasmodium falciparum in northern Ghana

Temporal evolution of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance genotypes and genetic diversity in response to a decade of increased interventions against Plasmodium falciparum in northern Ghana

Abstract Background Anti-malarial drug resistance remains a key concern for the global fight against malaria. In Ghana sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is used for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy and combined with amodiaquine for Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) during...

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Main Authors: Lucas N. Amenga-Etego, Victor Asoala, Godfred Agongo, Christopher Jacob, Sonia Goncalves, Gordon A. Awandare, Kirk A. Rockett, Dominic Kwiatkowski
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Malaria
SP resistance
Genotypes
Haplotype
Pfdhfr
Pfdhps
Acceso en liña:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03693-3

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03693-3

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