Historical trends and new surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance markers in Angola

Abstract Background Plasmodium falciparum resistance to chloroquine (CQ) and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) has historically posed a major threat to malaria control throughout the world. The country of Angola officially replaced CQ with artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) as a first-line tre...

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Main Authors: Emily R. Ebel, Fátima Reis, Dmitri A. Petrov, Sandra Beleza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:Malaria Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03713-2