Prevalence of the dhfr and dhps Mutations among Pregnant Women in Rural Burkina Faso Five Years after the Introduction of Intermittent Preventive Treatment with Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine
Tahita M, Tinto H, Erhart A, Kazienga A, Fitzhenry R, VanOvermeir C, Rosanas-Urgell A, Ouedraogo J, Guiguemde R, Van geertruyden J, D’Alessandro U. Prevalence of the dhfr and dhps Mutations among Pregnant Women in Rural Burkina Faso Five Years after the Introduction of Intermittent Preventive Treatment with Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0137440. PMID: 26368675, PMCID: PMC4569438, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137440.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAntimalarialsBurkina FasoDihydropteroate SynthaseDrug CombinationsDrug ResistanceFemaleHumansMalaria, FalciparumMutationPlasmodium falciparumPregnancyPregnancy Trimester, SecondPregnancy Trimester, ThirdPrevalenceProtozoan ProteinsPyrimethamineSulfadoxineTetrahydrofolate DehydrogenaseYoung AdultConceptsIntermittent preventive treatmentPregnant womenPfdhps genesPreventive treatmentAntenatal careSulfadoxine-pyrimethamineThird trimesterDhps mutationsPfdhfr mutationsMalaria infectionMalaria symptomsHealth districtPfdhfr geneBlood samplesSP resistanceI164L mutationEndemic regionsReductase mutationMalaria controlDrug resistancePrevalenceAdverse effectsFive yearsWomenBurkina Faso