Emerging Infectious Diseases (Nov 2007)

Drug-Resistant Malaria Parasites Introduced into Madagascar from Comoros Islands

  • Didier Ménard,
  • Armand Eugène Randrianarivo-Solofoniaina,
  • Bedja Said Ahmed,
  • Martial Jahevitra,
  • Landy Valérie Andriantsoanirina,
  • Justin Ranjalahy Rasolofomanana,
  • Léon Paul Rabarijaona

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1311.070235
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 11
pp. 1759 – 1762

Abstract

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To determine risk for drug-resistant malaria parasites entering Madagascar from Comoros Islands, we screened travelers. For the 141 Plasmodium falciparum isolates detected by real-time PCR, frequency of mutant alleles of genes associated with resistance to chloroquine and pyrimethamine was high. International-level antimalarial policy and a regional antimalarial forum are needed.

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