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
2007
Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine efficacy and selection of Plasmodium falciparum DHFR mutations in Burkina Faso before its introduction as intermittent preventive treatment for pregnant women.
Tinto H, Ouédraogo J, Zongo I, van Overmeir C, van Marck E, Guiguemdé T, D'Alessandro U. Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine efficacy and selection of Plasmodium falciparum DHFR mutations in Burkina Faso before its introduction as intermittent preventive treatment for pregnant women. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2007, 76: 608-13. PMID: 17426157, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.76.608.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAnimalsAntimalarialsBurkina FasoChildChild, PreschoolChloroquineDrug Administration ScheduleDrug CombinationsDrug ResistanceFemaleGenotypeHumansInfantMalaria, FalciparumMaleMutationPlasmodium falciparumPregnancyPregnancy Complications, ParasiticPyrimethamineSelection, GeneticSulfadoxineTetrahydrofolate DehydrogenaseConceptsSulfadoxine-pyrimethamine efficacyTriple dhfr mutationDHFR mutationsRecurrent parasitemiaIntermittent preventive treatmentSulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistanceYears of ageSuch high prevalenceDihydropteroate synthetase (Pfdhps) mutationsPCR-restriction fragment length polymorphismSulfadoxine-pyrimethamineTreatment failurePregnant womenPolymerase chain reactionPreventive treatmentHigh prevalenceNew infectionsChain reactionMutant parasitesPatientsParasitemiaTreatmentFragment length polymorphismPrevalenceEfficacy