Artemisinin-Resistant Plasmodium falciparum with High Survival Rates, Uganda, 2014–2016

Because ≈90% of malaria cases occur in Africa, emergence of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Africa poses a serious public health threat. To assess emergence of artemisinin-resistant parasites in Uganda during 2014–2016, we used the recently developed ex vivo ring-stage survival assay,...

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Published in:	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Authors:	Mie Ikeda, Megumi Kaneko, Shin-Ichiro Tachibana, Betty Balikagala, Miki Sakurai-Yatsushiro, Shouki Yatsushiro, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Masato Yamauchi, Makoto Sekihara, Muneaki Hashimoto, Osbert T. Katuro, Alex Olia, Paul S. Obwoya, Mary A. Auma, Denis A. Anywar, Emmanuel I. Odongo-Aginya, Joseph Okello-Onen, Makoto Hirai, Jun Ohashi, Nirianne M.Q. Palacpac, Masatoshi Kataoka, Takafumi Tsuboi, Eisaku Kimura, Toshihiro Horii, Toshihiro Mita
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-04-01
Subjects:	Artemisinin drug resistance Plasmodium falciparum Uganda parasites malaria
Online Access:	https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/4/17-0141_article