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Molecular assays for surveillance of antifolate-resistant malaria

Year: 1998

Type: article

Abstract: Pyrimethamine-sulphadoxine (PS) is the only affordable alternative treatment in many areas of the world with chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Where antifolates have been introduced widely, resistance has developed quickly. 1 Peters W Chemotherapy and drug resistance in malaria. Academic Press, London1987 Google Scholar Due to limitations of methods for monitoring resistance, health officials presently make treatment recommendations based on limited information.

Source: The Lancet

DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(98)24022-0