Real-time PCR/MCA assay using fluorescence resonance energy transfer for the genotyping of resistance related DHPS-540 mutations in <it>Plasmodium falciparum</it>
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine has been abandoned as first- or second-line treatment by most African malaria endemic countries in favour of artemisinin-based combination treatments, but the drug is still used as intermittent preventive t...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-03-01
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Series: | Malaria Journal |
Online Access: | http://www.malariajournal.com/content/7/1/48 |