Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5911995 | Infection, Genetics and Evolution | 2010 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
In malaria, drug resistance and treatment failure (TF) are not synonymous, although are escalating together. Over 9 years of surveillances for malaria morbidity and TF in Daraweesh village in eastern Sudan (1991-2004), 136 donors (15-78 years) from 43 households, treated for 278 malaria episodes and had experienced 46 incident of TF, were included in this study. Blood obtained from the donors in 2005, was used for measurement of IgG subclasses against Pf332-C231 antigen and GM/KM allotyping and for genotyping of the donors for; FcγRIIA 131 (HH, RH, RR), CRP 286 (C
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Authors
Hayder A. Giha, Gehad ElGhazali, Amre Nasr, Nnaemeka C. Iriemenam, Klavs Berzins, Marita Troye-Blomberg, Thor G. Theander, David Arnot,