Submicroscopic gametocytes and the transmission of antifolate-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Western Kenya.

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Published in PLoS One on February 05, 2009

Authors

Mayke J A M Oesterholt1, Michael Alifrangis, Colin J Sutherland, Sabah A Omar, Patrick Sawa, Christina Howitt, Louis C Gouagna, Robert W Sauerwein, Teun Bousema

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

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