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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-04-01
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Series: | Malaria Journal |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03713-2 |