Mutations in Plasmodium falciparum dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthase of isolates from the Amazon Region of Brazil

Since the late 1970s pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine (PS; FansidarTM Hoffman-LaRoche, Basel) has been used as first line therapy for uncomplicated malaria in the Amazon basin. Unfortunately, resistance has developed over the last ten years in many regions of the Amazon and PS is no longer recommended for...

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Main Authors: KF Vasconcelos, CV Plowe, CJ Fontes, D Kyle, DF Wirth, LH Pereira da Silva, MG Zalis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2000-10-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762000000500020