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

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
Subjects:
Plasmodium falciparum
Angola
Chloroquine
Lumefantrine
Drug resistance
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03713-2

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