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ArticleWellcome open research2024

Pacome V K Tchuenkam, Lesley N Ngum, Innocent M Ali, Jean Paul K Chedjou, Akindeh M Nji, Palmer M Netongo, Randolph Ngwafor, Peter Thelma N Niba, Calvino F Tah, William D Nana and 5 more

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Article in Wellcome open research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Pacome V K TchuenkamDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Dschang, Dschang, West region, Cameroon.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0638-5573
Lesley N NgumMARCAD Program, The biotechnology Centre, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Centre, P 0 Box 8094, Cameroon.
Innocent M AliDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Dschang, Dschang, West region, Cameroon.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1112-6376
Jean Paul K ChedjouMARCAD Program, The biotechnology Centre, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Centre, P 0 Box 8094, Cameroon.
Akindeh M NjiMARCAD Program, The biotechnology Centre, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Centre, P 0 Box 8094, Cameroon.
Palmer M NetongoMARCAD Program, The biotechnology Centre, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Centre, P 0 Box 8094, Cameroon.
Randolph NgwaforMARCAD Program, The biotechnology Centre, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Centre, P 0 Box 8094, Cameroon.
Peter Thelma N NibaMARCAD Program, The biotechnology Centre, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Centre, P 0 Box 8094, Cameroon.
Calvino F TahMARCAD Program, The biotechnology Centre, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Centre, P 0 Box 8094, Cameroon.
William D NanaMARCAD Program, The biotechnology Centre, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Centre, P 0 Box 8094, Cameroon.
Germaine EkoyolNational Malaria Control Program, Ministry of Public Health, Yaoundé, Centre, BP 14386, Cameroon.
Jude D BigogaMARCAD Program, The biotechnology Centre, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Centre, P 0 Box 8094, Cameroon.
Dorothy F AshuNational Malaria Control Program, Ministry of Public Health, Yaoundé, Centre, BP 14386, Cameroon.
Christopher B TumeDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Dschang, Dschang, West region, Cameroon.
Wilfried F MbachamMARCAD Program, The biotechnology Centre, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Centre, P 0 Box 8094, Cameroon.

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Antimalarial drug resistance is a major challenge in the fight against malaria. Cameroon implemented seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and amodiaquine (SPAQ) to over 1.5 million children aged 3-59 months from 2016, raising concerns whether drug pressure may lead to a selection of known parasite resistance mutations. This study aimed at assessing the profiles of plasmodium falciparum dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) and plasmodium falciparum dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS) gene mutations that encode enzyme targeting SP before and 5 years after the introduction of SMC in the northern part of Cameroon. Methods: Dried blood spots were prepared from symptomatic Results: 405 children with acute uncomplicated malaria were recruited. Of 405 samples, 201/405 (49.63%) were collected in 2016 and 204/405 (50.37%) were collected in 2020. High levels of mutant alleles S108N, C59R, N51I of Conclusions: Continuous monitoring is recommended to preempt the widespread occurrence of high-grade resistance bearing parasites in the northern regions of Cameroon.

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Cameroonchemopreventiondrug resistancePfdhpsplasmodium falciparumsulfadoxine–pyrimethamine

Identifiers

PMID39649624
PMCPMC11624434

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