Assessment of genetic polymorphisms associated with malaria antifolate resistance among the population of Libreville, Gabon

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Sylvatrie-Danne Dinzouna-Boutamba, Berthe Amélie Iroungou, Falone Larissa Akombi, Lauriane Yacka-Mouele, Zin Moon, Ja Moon Aung, Sanghyun Lee, Dong-Il Chung, Yeonchul Hong, Youn-Kyoung Goo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2023
• Subjects: Malaria; Mutation; Haplotypes; Artemisinin combination therapy; Resistance; Libreville; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Irni
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-023-04615-1; https://doaj.org/article/d93ff032821340b3843c31518d452973

Abstract Background Gabon is a malaria-threatened country with a stable and hyperendemic transmission of Plasmodium falciparum monoinfection. Malaria drug resistance is widely spread in many endemic countries around the world, including Gabon. The molecular surveillance of drug resistance to antifol...