Anti-folate drug resistance in Africa: meta-analysis of reported dihydrofolate reductase (<it>dhfr</it>) and dihydropteroate synthase (<it>dhps</it>) mutant genotype frequencies in African <it>Plasmodium falciparum </it>parasite populations
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Mutations in the dihydrofolate reductase (<it>dhfr</it>) and dihydropteroate synthase (<it>dhps</it>) genes of <it>Plasmodium falciparum </it>are associated with resistance to anti-folate drugs, mo...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-08-01
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Series: | Malaria Journal |
Online Access: | http://www.malariajournal.com/content/9/1/247 |