Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistant gene markers, pfcrt-76 and pfmdr1-86, eight years after cessation of chloroquine use in Mwea, Kenya

• Päätekijä: Sabah Ahmed Omar,1 Francis W. Makokha,2,3 Fat'hia Abdo Mohammed,1 Francis T. Kimani,1 Gabriel Magoma3 (Tekijä)
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• Julkaistu: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2007-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background and Methodology: The prevalence of T76 and Y86 Plasmodium falciparum molecular markers for chloroquine (CQ) resistance in the Pfcrt and Pfmdr1 genes were investigated by PCR-RFLP and dot blot analysis in samples (50 for Pfcrt and 51 for Pfmdr1) collected in May 2005, eight years after chl...