High prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum antimalarial drug resistance markers in isolates from asymptomatic patients from the Republic of the Congo between 2010 and 2015.

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OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the prevalence of haplotypes of the Pfdhps, Pfdhfr, Pfcrt, Pfmdr1 and PfK13 resistance markers in isolates from asymptomatic patients from the Republic of the Congo following implementation of artemisinin based-combination therapy (ACT). METHODS: Peripheral blood was collected from asymptomatic children in 2010 and 2015 from Brazzaville in the south and in 2013 in the north of...

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