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Open Access | Tracing the origins and signatures of selection of antifolate resistance in island populations of Plasmodium falciparum

Submitted by patrick sampao on June 11, 2010 - 08:35
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Salgueiro P, Vicente JL, Ferreira C, Teofilo V, Galvao A, do Rosario VE, Cravo P, Pinto J
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BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10:163 (9 June 2010)
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This study provides additional evidence for the crucial role of gene flow and drug selective pressures in the rapid spread of SP resistance in P. falciparum populations, from only a few mutation events giving rise to resistance-associated mutants.

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Open Access | Pre-elimination of malaria on the island of Principe

Submitted by Inga on January 27, 2010 - 10:59
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Pei-Wen Lee, Chia-Tai Liu, Herodes Sacramento Rampao, Virgilio E do Rosario, Men-Fang Shaio
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Malaria Journal 2010, 9:26 (20 January 2010)
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The effective measures of the combination of four major control methods have produced a rapid decline in malaria morbidity and mortality on the island of Principe.

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