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K13-Propeller Polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum Isolates from Patients in Mayotte in 2013 and 2014.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Dec 2015
Torrentino-Madamet Marylin, Collet Louis, Lepère Jean François, Benoit Nicolas, Amalvict Rémy, Ménard Didier, Pradines Bruno
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Plasmodium falciparum isolates were collected from 29 malaria patients treated with artemether-lumefantrine in Mayotte in 2013 and 2014. Twenty-four cases (83%) consisted of imported malaria. Seventeen percent of the isolates presented mutations in one of the six K13-propeller blades (N490H, F495L, N554H/K, and E596G). A total of 23.8% of the isolates from the Union of Comoros showed K13-propeller polymorphisms....
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