High Prevalence of Artemisinin-Resistant <i>Plasmodium falciparum</i>, Southeastern Sudan
We conducted a hospital-based cross-sectional study of Plasmodium falciparum in 2017 in southeastern Sudan. Among 257 P. falciparum samples, we found 22% harbored the pfkelch13 R622I mutation and 10.7% showed hrp2/3 gene deletions. Our findings highlight the urgent need for enhanced surveillance of drug- and diagnostic-resistant parasites in the Horn of Africa.
Authors
- Carlo Severini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6545-0278)
- Lucien Platon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7894-5977)
- Bakri Y. M. Nour
- Laurence Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4050-1814)
- Lemu Golassa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1216-8711)
- Edvige Perrotti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4041-2910)
- Albadawi Abdelbagi Talha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2081-260X)
- Mariangela L’Episcopia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3651-8832)
- Didier Ménard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1357-4495)
- Emmanuelle Caspar
- Lucas Thiebaut
- Ibrahim Mohamed Ahmed Sana
- Buze Chala
Publication Details
- Journal
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Published
- 2025-05-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3106.241810
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Malaria Research and Control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88