Drug susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum in eastern Uganda: a longitudinal phenotypic and genotypic study

Summary: Background: Treatment and control of malaria depends on artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) and is challenged by drug resistance, but thus far resistance to artemisinins and partner drugs has primarily occurred in southeast Asia. The aim of this study was to characterise antimal...

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Main Authors: Patrick K Tumwebaze, MS, Thomas Katairo, MS, Martin Okitwi, BS, Oswald Byaruhanga, Dip, Stephen Orena, BS, Victor Asua, MS, Marvin Duvalsaint, PhD, Jennifer Legac, BS, Sevil Chelebieva, BS, Frida G Ceja, BS, Stephanie A Rasmussen, MS, Melissa D Conrad, PhD, Samuel L Nsobya, PhD, Ozkan Aydemir, PhD, Jeffrey A Bailey, PhD, Brett R Bayles, PhD, Philip J Rosenthal, ProfMD, Roland A Cooper, ProfPhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:The Lancet Microbe
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666524721000859