Malaria Journal

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Chloroquine resistance before and after its withdrawal in Kenya

Leah Mwai1,2, Edwin Ochong3, Abdi Abdirahman1, Steven M Kiara1, Steve Ward3, Gilbert Kokwaro4, Philip Sasi1, Kevin Marsh1,2, Steffen Borrmann1,5, Margaret Mackinnon1,6 and Alexis Nzila3,1,2,7*

Author Affiliations

1 Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)/Wellcome Trust Collaborative Research Programme, PO Box 230, 80108, Kilifi, Kenya

2 University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK

3 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK

4 Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)/Wellcome Trust Collaborative Research Programme, PO Box 43640, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya

5 Heidelberg University School of Medicine, Institute of Hygiene, FRG, Heidelberg, Germany

6 Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Rd, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK

7 Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

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Malaria Journal 2009, 8:106 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-8-106

Published: 18 May 2009

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Numbers of genotypes carrying the mutant form (out of total number of genotypes) after excluding mixed infections and post-treatment samples. Supplemental table.

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