The Rare, the Best: Spread of Antimalarial-Resistant Plasmodium falciparum Parasites by Anopheles Mosquito Vectors

The Rare, the Best: Spread of Antimalarial-Resistant Plasmodium falciparum Parasites by Anopheles Mosquito Vectors

ABSTRACT The emergence of resistance to antimalarials has prompted the steady switch to novel therapies for decades. Withdrawal of antimalarials, such as chloroquine in sub-Saharan Africa in the late 1990s, led to rapid declines in the prevalence of resistance markers after a few years, raising the...

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Main Authors: Antoine Berry, Sandie Menard, Sandrine E. Nsango, Luc Abate, Didier Concordet, Majoline Tchioffo Tsapi, Xavier Iriart, Parfait H. Awono-Ambéné, Benjamin Roche, Isabelle Morlais
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2021-10-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
malaria
Anopheles
transmission
Plasmodium falciparum
resistance
antimalarials
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/Spectrum.00852-21

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/Spectrum.00852-21

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