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Marie Gladys Robert1,2, Francis Foguim Tsombeng1,2, Mathieu Gendrot1,2, Silman Diawara3, Marylin Madamet1,2,4, Mame Bou Kounta5, Khalifa Ababacar Wade5, Mansour Fall6, Mamadou Wague Gueye3, Nicolas Benoit1,2,4, Aminata Nakoulima7, Raymond Bercion8, Rémy Amalvict1,2,4, Bécaye Fall3, Boubacar Wade9, Bakary Diatta6,9, Bruno Pradines10,2,3,4.
Abstract
Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine, which was registered in 2017 in Senegal, is not currently used as the first-line treatment against uncomplicated malaria. A total of 6.6% to 17.1% of P. falciparum isolates collected in Dakar in 2013 to 2015 showed ex vivo-reduced susceptibility to piperaquine. Neither the exonuclease E415G mutation nor the copy number variation of the plasmepsin II gene (Pfpm2), associated with piperaquine resistance in Cambodia, was detected in Senegalese parasites.Entities:
Keywords: Plasmodium falciparumzzm321990; antimalarial drug; in vitrozzm321990; malaria; molecular marker; piperaquine; plasmepsin IIzzm321990; resistance
Year: 2019 PMID: 30782997 PMCID: PMC6496083 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.02445-18
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191