Prevalence of the dhfr and dhps Mutations among Pregnant Women in Rural Burkina Faso Five Years after the Introduction of Intermittent Preventive Treatment with Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine.

Prevalence of the dhfr and dhps Mutations among Pregnant Women in Rural Burkina Faso Five Years after the Introduction of Intermittent Preventive Treatment with Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine.

<h4>Background</h4>The emergence and spread of drug resistance represents one of the biggest challenges for malaria control in endemic regions. Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is currently deployed as intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) to prevent the adverse effects of...

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Main Authors: Marc C Tahita, Halidou Tinto, Annette Erhart, Adama Kazienga, Robert Fitzhenry, Chantal VanOvermeir, Anna Rosanas-Urgell, Jean-Bosco Ouedraogo, Robert T Guiguemde, Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden, Umberto D'Alessandro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137440

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