Molecular Surveillance of Malaria in Nigeria Reveals a Low Frequency of Antimalarial Resistance Markers and Clonal Expansion of Chloroquine-Sensitive Infections
Chloroquine sensitivity at the molecular level is now dominant in Nigeria, while antifolate resistance persists. Enhanced molecular surveillance of drug resistance-associated loci will serve as an early warning to safeguard the efficacy of chemointerventions in Nigeria.
Authors
- F Patience Olusola
- Nuredin Mohammed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4067-1103)
- Amambua-Ngwa Alfred
- Eniyou Oriero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7911-6457)
- Mary Aigbiremo Oboh-Imafidon
- CO Falade
- Umberto D’Alessandro
- Olumide Ajibola
- Olusola Ajibaye
- Brandon Nji Amambua-Ngwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3999-7852)
- Chinedu Ogbonnia Egwu
- Martin Meremikwu
- Mouhamadou Fadel Diop
Institutions
- Funai Electric (Japan) (JP)
- University of Ibadan (NG)
- University of Calabar (NG)
- Abiola Ajimobi Technical University Ibadan (NG)
- Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NG)
- Medical Research Council (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-12-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf719
- Primary Topic
- Malaria Research and Control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00