Brazilian <it>Plasmodium falciparum </it>isolates: investigation of candidate polymorphisms for artemisinin resistance before introduction of artemisinin-based combination therapy

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>This study was performed to better understand the genetic diversity of known polymorphisms in <it>pfatpase6 </it>and <it>pfmdr1 </it>genes before the introduction of ACT in Brazil, in order to get a genotypic...

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Main Authors: Rosenthal Philip J, Melo Yonne FC, de Carvalho Leonardo JM, Santos Fátima, de Souza José M, de Oliveira Natália, Gama Bianca E, Daniel-Ribeiro Cláudio T, Ferreira-da-Cruz Maria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-12-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Online Access:http://www.malariajournal.com/content/9/1/355