Drug resistance markers within an evolving efficacy of anti-malarial drugs in Cameroon: a systematic review and meta-analysis (1998–2020)

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Peter Thelma Ngwa Niba, Akindeh M. Nji, Marie-Solange Evehe, Innocent M. Ali, Palmer Masumbe Netongo, Randolph Ngwafor, Marcel N. Moyeh, Lesley Ngum Ngum, Oliva Ebie Ndum, Fon Abongwa Acho, Cyrille Mbanwi Mbu’u, Dorothy A. Fosah, Barbara Atogho-Tiedeu, Olivia Achonduh-Atijegbe, Rosine Djokam-Dadjeu, Jean Paul Kengne Chedjou, Jude D. Bigoga, Carole Else Eboumbou Moukoko, Anthony Ajua, Eric Achidi, Esther Tallah, Rose G. F. Leke, Alexis Tourgordi, Pascal Ringwald, Michael Alifrangis, Wilfred F. Mbacham
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2021
• Subjects: Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Anti-malarial drug; Resistance; Mutations; Efficacy; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Prisma
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03543-8; https://doaj.org/article/12e2014bc82c45e292dc6f57b1bfbd70

Abstract Background Malaria remains highly endemic in Cameroon. The rapid emergence and spread of drug resistance was responsible for the change from monotherapies to artemisinin-based combinations. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to determine the prevalence and distribution of Plasmo...