High prevalence of quintuple mutant dhps/dhfr genes in Plasmodium falciparum infections seven years after introduction of sulfadoxine and pyrimethamine as first line treatment in Malawi
Authors:
- A. KanekoAKA. Kaneko
- M. TakechiMTM. Takechi
- I.L. ZunguIZI.L. Zungu
- Y. MoriyamaYMY. Moriyama
- J.K. LumJLJ.K. Lum
- T. TsukaharaTTT. Tsukahara
- T. MitaTMT. Mita
- N. TakahashiNTN. Takahashi
- Y. BergqvistYBY. Bergqvist
- A. BjörkmanABA. Björkman
- T. KobayakawaTKT. Kobayakawa
- 1 March 2003
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Acta Tropica
- Vol. 85 (3) , 363-373
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Funding Information
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (11670254, 13576030)
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