Malaria Epidemic and Drug Resistance, Djibouti

Autor: Christophe Rogier, Bruno Pradines, H. Bogreau, Jean-Louis Koeck, Mohamed-Ali Kamil, Odile Mercereau-Puijalon
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 11, Iss 2, Pp 317-321 (2005)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid1102.040108
Popis: Analysis of Plasmodium falciparum isolates collected before, during, and after a 1999 malaria epidemic in Djibouti shows that, despite a high prevalence of resistance to chloroquine, the epidemic cannot be attributed to a sudden increase in parasite drug resistance of local parasite populations.
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