Increased prevalence of the <it>pfdhfr/phdhps </it>quintuple mutant and rapid emergence of <it>pfdhps </it>resistance mutations at codons 581 and 613 in Kisumu, Kenya
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Anti-malarial drug resistance in Kenya prompted two drug policy changes within a decade: sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) replaced chloroquine (CQ) as the first-line anti-malarial in 1998 and artemether-lumefantrine (AL) replaced SP i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-11-01
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| Series: | Malaria Journal |
| Online Access: | http://www.malariajournal.com/content/9/1/338 |