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Plasmodium falciparum resistance to anti-malarial drugs in Papua New Guinea: evaluation of a community-based approach for the molecular monitoring of resistance

Jutta Marfurt1, Thomas A Smith1, Ian M Hastings2, Ivo Müller3, Albert Sie3, Olive Oa3, Moses Baisor3, John C Reeder3, Hans-Peter Beck1 and Blaise Genton1*

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1 Swiss Tropical Institute, Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, and Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Socinstrasse 57, PO Box, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland

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

3 Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, PO Box 60, EHP 441, Papua New Guinea

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Malaria Journal 2010, 9:8 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-9-8

Published: 7 January 2010

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Table S1. Results of molecular typing of community samples.

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Table S2. Maximum likelihood estimates of mutant allele frequencies from community samples.

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Table S3. Maximum likelihood estimates of haplotype frequencies from community samples.

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Table S4. Maximum likelihood estimates of single allele and haplotype frequencies from health centre samples.

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