Mutations in the <it>Plasmodium falciparum cytochrome b </it>gene are associated with delayed parasite recrudescence in malaria patients treated with atovaquone-proguanil
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Fixed-dose combination antimalarial drugs have played an increasingly important role in the treatment and chemoprophylaxis of falciparum malaria since the worldwide failure of monotherapy with chloroquine. Atovaquone-proguanil is one...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-11-01
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Series: | Malaria Journal |
Online Access: | http://www.malariajournal.com/content/7/1/240 |