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The spread of molecular markers of artemisinin partial resistance and diagnostic evasion in Eritrea: a retrospective molecular epidemiology study.
The Lancet. Microbe - 1 Feb 2025
Mihreteab Selam, Anderson Karen, Fuente Irene Molina de la, Sutherland Colin J, Smith David, Cunningham Jane, Beshir Khalid B, Cheng Qin
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Eritrea was the first African country to discontinue the use of histidine rich protein 2 (HRP2)-detecting rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria diagnosis following reports of a high prevalence of pfhrp2/3-deleted Plasmodium falciparum parasites causing false-negative results in the country. Eritrea was also the first African country to report partial artemisinin resistance due to the P falciparum...
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