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Return of widespread chloroquine-sensitive Plasmodium falciparum to Malawi
Anne E P Frosch1, Miriam K Laufer2, Don P Mathanga3
1Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Background:
The return of chloroquine-sensitive Plasmodium falciparum to the limited area of Blantyre, Malawi, has been well demonstrated in several studies.
Methods:
To characterize chloroquine susceptibility over a wide geographic area, infants and children aged 6-59 months were selected using 2-stage cluster sampling in 8 Malawian districts. Pyrosequencing of the pfcrt gene codon 76 region was performed for children with asexual parasitemia.
Results:
Of 7145 children, 1150 had microscopic asexual parasitemia, and sequencing was performed in 685, of whom 1 had a chloroquine-resistant genotype.
Conclusions:
Systematic countrywide sampling demonstrates that the chloroquine pfcrt genotype has reached near-fixation, raising the possibility of reintroducing chloroquine for malaria prevention and treatment.
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