Prevalence of chloroquine and antifolate drug resistance alleles in Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates from three areas in Ghana [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Background: The emergence and spread of resistance in Plasmodium falciparum to chloroquine (CQ) necessitated the change from CQ to artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) as first-line drug for the management of uncomplicated malaria in Ghana in 2005. Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) which was...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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F1000 Research Ltd
2018-12-01
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| Series: | AAS Open Research |
| Online Access: | https://aasopenresearch.org/articles/1-1/v2 |