| Literature DB >> 23612203 |
Mariama Issaka1, Adamou Salissou, Ibrahim Arzika, Julia Guillebaud, Abani Maazou, Sabine Specht, Halima Zamanka, Thierry Fandeur.
Abstract
Little is known about resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to antimalarials in Sahelian countries. Here we investigated the drug susceptibilities of fresh isolates collected in Niger post-deployment of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs). We found that the parasites remained highly susceptible to new (dihydroartemisinin, lumefantrine, pyronaridine, and piperaquine) and conventional (amodiaquine and chloroquine) antimalarial drugs. The introduction of ACTs in 2005 and their further deployment nationwide have therefore not resulted in a decrease in P. falciparum susceptibilities to these antimalarials.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23612203 PMCID: PMC3697322 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.02383-12
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191