Absence of High Level of Duplication of the plasmepsin 2 Gene in Africa [Epidemiology and Surveillance]

Resistance to piperaquine has been associated with the amplification of the plasmepsin 2 gene in Cambodia. None of the 175 African isolates that we analyzed had plasmepsin 2 gene amplification (piperaquine inhibitory concentration 50% ranged from 0.94 to 137.5 nM), suggesting a low level of piperaquine reduced susceptibility prevalence in Africa. Additionally, the few isolates with reduced susceptibility to piperaquine did not harbor amplification of the plasmepsin 2 gene.

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