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Comment
. 2014 Jun;14(6):449-50.
doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(14)70777-7.

Artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum

Chanaki Amaratunga  1 , Benoit Witkowski  2 , Nimol Khim  2 , Didier Menard  2 , Rick M Fairhurst  3
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Comment

Artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum

Chanaki Amaratunga et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2014 Jun.
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Associations between parasite survival rates in the in-vitro RSA0-3h, parasite clearance half-lives in patients treated with artemisinin-based combination therapy, and K13-propeller alleles: wild-type (clear), R539T (blue), C580Y (red), and Y493H (yellow).
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