Drug resistance profile and clonality of Plasmodium falciparum parasites in Cape Verde: the 2017 malaria outbreak

Abstract Background Cape Verde is an archipelago located off the West African coast and is in a pre-elimination phase of malaria control. Since 2010, fewer than 20 Plasmodium falciparum malaria cases have been reported annually, except in 2017, when an outbreak in Praia before the rainy season led t...

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Main Authors: Silvania Da Veiga Leal, Daniel Ward, Susana Campino, Ernest Diez Benavente, Amy Ibrahim, Tânia Claret, Varela Isaías, Davidson Monteiro, Taane G. Clark, Luzia Gonçalves, Tomas Valdez, Maria da Luz Lima Mendonça, Henrique Silveira, Fatima Nogueira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:Malaria Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03708-z