2016
Lessons learnt from 20 years surveillance of malaria drug resistance prior to the policy change in Burkina Faso.
Tinto H, Valea I, Ouédraogo J, Guiguemdé T. Lessons learnt from 20 years surveillance of malaria drug resistance prior to the policy change in Burkina Faso. Annals Of Parasitology 2016, 62: 17-24. PMID: 27262953, DOI: 10.17420/ap6201.27.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug resistanceChloroquine resistanceYear surveillanceSeasonal malaria chemoprophylaxisIntermittent preventive treatmentMalaria drug resistanceSulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistanceSystematic surveillance systemGood surveillance systemSurveillance systemLate recrudescenceMalaria chemoprophylaxisUncomplicated malariaSulfadoxine-pyrimethamineTreatment failurePregnant womenCombination therapyDevelopment of resistancePreventive treatmentReal prevalenceTreatment resistanceLow prevalenceSentinel sitesAntimalarial drugsBurkina Faso
2014
Selection of Drug Resistance-Mediating Plasmodium falciparum Genetic Polymorphisms by Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention in Burkina Faso
Somé A, Zongo I, Compaoré Y, Sakandé S, Nosten F, Ouédraogo J, Rosenthal P. Selection of Drug Resistance-Mediating Plasmodium falciparum Genetic Polymorphisms by Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention in Burkina Faso. Antimicrobial Agents And Chemotherapy 2014, 58: 3660-3665. PMID: 24733476, PMCID: PMC4068591, DOI: 10.1128/aac.02406-14.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSeasonal malaria chemopreventionAQ/SPMalaria chemopreventionSingle nucleotide polymorphismsP. falciparum crtPfcrt 76TResistance-mediating polymorphismsMalaria control measuresPCR-positive samplesMonthly DPPfdhfr 108NPfdhfr 51IPfmdr1 86YSulfadoxine-pyrimethamineTreatment armsDevelopment of resistanceTransmission seasonControl groupP. falciparumSNP prevalenceGenetic polymorphismsRegular useAntifolate antimalarialsMonthsBurkina Faso