Evaluation of artemether-lumefantrine efficacy in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria and its association with pfmdr1, pfatpase6 and K13-propeller polymorphisms in Luanda, Angola
Background: Drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum has posed an obstacle to effective treatment and challenges many malaria control programmes in endemic areas. In Angola, until 2003, chloroquine (CQ) was used as first-line therapy for uncomplicated malaria. It was replaced initially by amodiaquin...
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | eng |
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2018
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-015-1018-3 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:run.unl.pt:10362/36586 |