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Nationwide Monitoring for Plasmodium falciparum Drug-Resistance Alleles to Chloroquine, Sulfadoxine, and Pyrimethamine, Haiti, 2016-2017.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 May 2020
Rogier Eric, Herman Camelia, Huber Curtis S, Hamre Karen E S, Pierre Baby, Mace Kimberly E, Présumé Jacquelin, Mondélus Gina, Romilus Ithamare, Elismé Tamara, Eisele Thomas P, Druetz Thomas, Existe Alexandre, Boncy Jacques, Lemoine Jean F, Udhayakumar Venkatachalam, Chang Michelle A
Abstract excerpt
Haiti is striving for zero local malaria transmission by the year 2025. Chloroquine remains the first-line treatment, and sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine (SP) has been used for mass drug-administration pilot programs. In March 2016, nationwide molecular surveillance was initiated to assess molecular resistance signatures for chloroquine and SP. For 778 samples collected through December 2017, we used Sanger sequencing...
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