Multidrug-Resistant Plasmodium falciparum Parasites in the Central Highlands of Vietnam Jeopardize Malaria Control and Elimination Strategies.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
; 65(4)2021 03 18.
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ABSTRACT
Plasmodium falciparum resistance to dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine has spread through the Greater Mekong Subregion to southwestern Vietnam. In 2018 to 2019, we collected 127 P. falciparum isolates from Dak Nong (36), Dak Lak (55), Gia Lai (13), and Kon Tum (23) provinces in Vietnam's Central Highlands and found parasites bearing the Pfkelch13 C580Y mutation and multiple plasmepsin 2/3 genes (mean prevalence, 17.9%; range, 4.3% to 27.8%), conferring resistance to dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine. This information is important for drug policy decisions in Vietnam.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Parásitos
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Quinolinas
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Malaria Falciparum
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Malaria
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Antimaláricos
Tipo de estudio:
Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Animals
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Vietnam