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High Prevalence of Artemisinin-Resistant Plasmodium falciparum, Southeastern Sudan

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: We conducted a hospital-based cross-sectional study of Plasmodium falciparum in 2017 in southeastern Sudan. Among 257 P. falciparum samples, we found 22% harbored the pfkelch13 R622I mutation and 10.7% showed hrp2/3 gene deletions. Our findings highlight the urgent need for enhanced surveillance of drug- and diagnostic-resistant parasites in the Horn of Africa.

Source: Emerging infectious diseases

DOI: 10.3201/eid3106.241810

Authors: Mariangela L’Episcopia, Albadawi A. Talha, Bakri Y.M. Nour, Ibrahim Mohamed Ahmed Sana, Emmanuelle Caspar, Lucas Thiebaut, Lucien Platon, Buze Chala, Laurence Ma, Lemu Golassa, Edvige Perrotti, Carlo Severini, Didier Menard

Language: English

Topic: Malaria Research and Control

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4410816895

FWCI: 5.003

Cites: 12

Cited by: 6

Related to: 10