Lack of Evidence for Chloroquine-Resistant Plasmodium falciparum Malaria, Leogane, Haiti

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Neuberger, Ami ; Zhong, Kathleen ; Kain, Kevin C ; Schwartz, Eli
• Description:
  Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Haiti is considered chloroquine susceptible, although resistance transporter alleles associated with chloroquine resistance were recently detected. Among 49 patients with falciparum malaria, we found neither parasites carrying haplotypes associated with chloroquine resistance nor instances of chloroquine treatment failure. Continued vigilance to detect emergence of chloroquine resistance is needed.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Antimalarials Child Chloroquine Dispatch Drug Resistance Expedited Female Haplotypes Humans Malaria Malaria, Falciparum Male Membrane Transport Proteins Mutation Parasite Plasmodium Falciparum Protozoan Proteins Resistance Susceptibility Vector-borne Infections Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 18(9):1487-1489.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Haiti
• Location:
  Caribbean
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b5a511da1956e5334d2f584fcbc42693835058fccd94c095e3a4344f09b5a6ce
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18857/cdc_18857_DS1.pdf
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