Mapping the Spread of Malaria Drug Resistance
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- 14 April 2009
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLOS Medicine
- Vol. 6 (4) , e1000054
Abstract
Tim Anderson discusses a new study of molecular variation in alleles at the dihydropteroate synthase locus, which underlies resistance to sulfadoxine, in over 5,000 parasites from 50 locations.Keywords
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