Emerging Plasmodium vivax resistance to chloroquine in South America: an overview
The global emergence of Plasmodium vivax strains resistant to chloroquine (CQ) since the late 1980s is complicating the current international efforts for malaria control and elimination. Furthermore, CQ-resistant vivax malaria has already reached an alarming prevalence in Indonesia, East Timor and P...
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Language: | English |
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
2014-08-01
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Series: | Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762014000500534&lng=en&tlng=en |