Molecular monitoring of resistant dhfr and dhps allelic haplotypes in Morogoro and Mvomero districts in south eastern Tanzania

BACKGROUND: Resistance to the antimalarial drug sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) emerged in Plasmodium falciparum from Asia in the 1960s and subsequently spread to Africa. In Tanzania, SP use as a national policy began in 1983 as a second line to chloroquine (CQ) for the treatment of uncomplicated mal...

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Main Authors: Malisa, A, Pearce, R, Abdullah, S, Mutayoba, B, Mshinda, H, Kachur, P, Bloland, P, Roper, C
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Language:English
Published: Makerere Medical School 2011
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Online Access:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3158517/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21857842
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