Artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Pursat province, western Cambodia: A parasite clearance rate study

• Main Authors: Chanaki Amaratunga, Sokunthea Sreng, Seila Suon, Erika S. Phelps, Kasia Stepniewska, Pharath Lim, Chongjun Zhou, Sivanna Mao, Jennifer M. Anderson, Niklas Lindegardh, Hongying Jiang, Jianping Song, Xin zhuan Su, Nicholas J. White, Arjen M. Dondorp, Tim J C Anderson, Michael P. Fay, Jianbing Mu, Socheat Duong, Rick M. Fairhurst
• Other Authors: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/14583
• Institution: Mahidol University

Background: Artemisinin-resistant . Plasmodium falciparum has been reported in Pailin, western Cambodia, detected as a slow parasite clearance rate in vivo. Emergence of this phenotype in western Thailand and possibly elsewhere threatens to compromise the effectiveness of all artemisinin-based combi...