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Leopoldo Villegas

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1 Common origin and fixation of Plasmodium falciparum dhfr and dhps mutations associated with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance in a low-transmission area in South America. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2007 2.08
2 pfmdr1 amplification and fixation of pfcrt chloroquine resistance alleles in Plasmodium falciparum in Venezuela. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2010 1.36
3 Applied genomics: data mining reveals species-specific malaria diagnostic targets more sensitive than 18S rRNA. J Clin Microbiol 2011 1.32
4 Vector bionomics and malaria transmission in the Upper Orinoco River, Southern Venezuela. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2007 1.30
5 Treatment of uncomplicated multidrug-resistant falciparum malaria with artesunate-atovaquone-proguanil. Clin Infect Dis 2002 1.25
6 Local population structure of Plasmodium: impact on malaria control and elimination. Malar J 2012 1.23
7 The evolutionary history of Plasmodium vivax as inferred from mitochondrial genomes: parasite genetic diversity in the Americas. Mol Biol Evol 2013 1.18
8 Real-time loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RealAmp) for the species-specific identification of Plasmodium vivax. PLoS One 2013 1.16
9 Novel strategies lead to pre-elimination of malaria in previously high-risk areas in Suriname, South America. Malar J 2012 1.14
10 Chloroquine pharmacokinetics in pregnant and nonpregnant women with vivax malaria. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 2008 1.00
11 Artesunate-atovaquone-proguanil rescue treatment of multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria in pregnancy: a preliminary report. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2004 0.91
12 Genetic diversity of merozoite surface protein-1 gene of Plasmodium vivax isolates in mining villages of Venezuela (Bolivar State). Acta Trop 2005 0.89
13 Malaria mortality estimates: need for agreeable approach. Trop Med Int Health 2012 0.88
14 Limited genetic variation in the Plasmodium falciparum heme detoxification protein (HDP). Infect Genet Evol 2008 0.78
15 Malaria control and elimination, Venezuela, 1800s –1970s. Emerg Infect Dis 2014 0.77
16 Plasmodium falciparum K76T pfcrt Gene Mutations and Parasite Population Structure, Haiti, 2006-2009. Emerg Infect Dis 2016 0.77