Intercontinental spread of pyrimethamine-resistant malaria.

Cally Roper ORCID logo ; Richard Pearce ; Shalini Nair ; Brian Sharp ; François Nosten ; Tim Anderson ; (2004) Intercontinental spread of pyrimethamine-resistant malaria. Science (New York, NY), 305 (5687). 1124-. ISSN 0036-8075 DOI: 10.1126/science.1098876
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Here we present molecular evidence demonstrating that malaria parasites bearing high-level pyrimethamine resistance originally arrived in Africa from southeast Asia. The resistance alleles carried by these migrants are now spreading across Africa at an alarming rate, signaling the end of affordable malaria treatment and presenting sub-Saharan Africa with a public health crisis.
Item Type Article
ISI 223557400037
Date Deposited 17 Oct 2011 20:38

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