Longitudinal study assessing the return of chloroquine susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum in isolates from travellers returning from West and Central Africa, 2000-2011.

BACKGROUND: Chloroquine (CQ) was the main malaria therapy worldwide from the 1940s until the 1990s. Following the emergence of CQ-resistant Plasmodium falciparum, most African countries discontinued the use of CQ, and now promote artemisinin-based combination therapy as the first-line treatment. Thi...

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Main Authors: Gharbi, M, Flegg, J, Hubert, V, Kendjo, E, Metcalf, J, Bertaux, L, Guérin, P, Le Bras, J, Aboubaca, A, Agnamey, P, Angoulvant, A, Barbut, P, Basset, D, Belkadi, G, Bellanger, A, Bemba, D, Benoit-Vica, F, Berry, A, Bigel, M, Bonhomme, J, Botterel, F, Bouchaud, O, Bougnoux, M, Bourée, P, Bourgeois, N, Branger, C, Bret, L, Buret, B, Casalino, E, Chevrier, S, Conquere de Monbrison, F, Cuisenier, B, Danis, M, Darde, M, De Gentile, L, Delarbre, J, Delaunay, P, Delaval, A, Desoubeaux, G, Develoux, M, Dunand, J, Durand, R, Eloy, O, Fauchet, N, Faugere, B, Faye, A, Fenneteau, O, Flori, P, Fontrouge, M, Garabedian, C, Gayandrieu, F, Godineau, N, Houzé, P, Houzé, S, Hurst, J, Ichou, H, Lachaud, L, Lebuisson, A, Lefevre, M, LeGuern, A, Le Moal, G, Lusina, D, Machouart, M, Malvy, D, Matheron, S, Maubon, D, Mechali, D, Megarbane, B, Menard, G, Millon, L, Aiach, M, Minodier, P, Morelle, C, Nevez, G, Parola, P, Parzy, D, Patey, O, Patoz, P, Penn, P, Perignon, A, Picot, S, Pilo, J, Poilane, I, Pons, D, Poupart, M, Pradines, B, Raffenot, D, Rapp, C, Receveur, M, Sarfati, C, Senghor, Y, Simon, F, Siriez, J, Taudon, N, Thellier, M, Thouvenin, M, Toubas, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2013