| Literature DB >> 33526483 |
Huynh Hong Quang1, Marina Chavchich2, Nguyen Thi Minh Trinh1, Kimberly A Edgel3, Michael D Edstein4, Nicholas J Martin3.
Abstract
Plasmodium falciparum resistance to dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine has spread through the Greater Mekong Subregion to southwestern Vietnam. In 2018 to 2019, we collected 127 P. falciparum isolates from Dak Nong (36), Dak Lak (55), Gia Lai (13), and Kon Tum (23) provinces in Vietnam's Central Highlands and found parasites bearing the Pfkelch13 C580Y mutation and multiple plasmepsin 2/3 genes (mean prevalence, 17.9%; range, 4.3% to 27.8%), conferring resistance to dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine. This information is important for drug policy decisions in Vietnam.Entities:
Keywords: Pfcrt; Pfkelch13; Vietnam; dihydroartemisinin; falciparum malaria; piperaquine; plasmepsin 2/3; pyronaridine resistance
Year: 2021 PMID: 33526483 PMCID: PMC8097446 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01639-20
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191