Emergence of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum with kelch13 C580Y mutations on the island of New Guinea
O. Miotto, M. Sekihara, S.-I. Tachibana, M. Yamauchi, R. D. Pearson, R. Amato, S. Goncalves, S. Mehra, R. Noviyanti, J. Marfurt, S. Auburn, R. N. Price, I. Mueller, M. Ikeda, T. Mori, , T. Mita
The paper identifies the emergence of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum with kelch13 C580Y mutations in Papua New Guinea and suggests an independent origin with distinct genetic features.
PLOS Pathogens · Dec 15, 2020Peer-reviewedMicrobiology