Drug resistance profile and clonality of Plasmodium falciparum parasites in Cape Verde: the 2017 malaria outbreak
- Authors: Da Veiga Leal S, Ward D, Campino S, Benavente E, Ibrahim A, Claret T, Isaías V, Monteiro D, Clark TG, Gonçalves L, Valdez T, da Luz Lima Mendonça M, Silveira H, Nogueira F
- Publication Year: 2021
- Journal: Malaria Journal 20 172
- Link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03708-z
Background Cape Verde is an archipelago located off the West African coast and is in a pre-elimination phase of malaria control. Since 2010, fewer than 20 Plasmodium falciparum malaria cases have been reported annually, except in 2017, when an outbreak in Praia before the rainy season led to 423 autochthonous cases. It is important to understand the […]
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