Identifying artemisinin resistance from parasite clearance half-life data with a simple Shiny web application

The emergence of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria is a major threat to malaria elimination. New tools for supporting the surveillance of artemisinin resistance are critical for current and future malaria control and elimination strategies. We have developed an open-access, user-fr...

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Main Authors: Tun, S, Lubell, Y, Dondorp, A, Fieldman, T, Tun, K, Celhay, O, Chan, X, Saralamba, S, White, L
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2017
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Summary:The emergence of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria is a major threat to malaria elimination. New tools for supporting the surveillance of artemisinin resistance are critical for current and future malaria control and elimination strategies. We have developed an open-access, user-friendly, web-based tool to analyse parasite clearance half-life data of P. falciparum infected patients after treatment with artemisinin derivatives, so that resistance to artemisinin can be identified. The tool can be accessed at bit.ly/id_artemisinin_resistance.