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ArticleThe Journal of infectious diseases2025

Emergence and Rising Prevalence of Artemisinin Partial Resistance Marker Kelch13 P441L in a Low Malaria Transmission Setting in Southern Zambia.

Anne C Martin, Jacob M Sadler, Alfred Simkin, Michael Musonda, Ben Katowa, Japhet Matoba, Jessica Schue, Edgar Simulundu, Jeffrey A Bailey, William J Moss and 2 more

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Article in The Journal of infectious diseases, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Anne C MartinDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0068-6519
Jacob M SadlerDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Alfred SimkinDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9408-0053
Michael MusondaMacha Research Trust, Choma, Zambia.
Ben KatowaMacha Research Trust, Choma, Zambia.ORCID 0000-0002-8935-9196
Japhet MatobaMacha Research Trust, Choma, Zambia.ORCID 0000-0001-6021-659X
Jessica SchueDepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5188-5692
Edgar SimulunduMacha Research Trust, Choma, Zambia.ORCID 0000-0001-9423-0816
Jeffrey A BaileyDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
William J MossDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Jonathan J JulianoDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0591-0850
Abebe A FolaDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

Funding

TransmissionU19AI089680 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI WILLIAM J MOSS · 2010 to 2026
$25.6M
Peru Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Research Training ConsortiumD43TW007393 · FIC · UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA · PI Andres G Lescano · 2005 to 2026
$5.9M
Tracking the flow of malaria parasites and drug resistance within the DRC and across its bordersR01AI139520 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI BAILEY, JEFFREY A. · 2018 to 2023
$3.6M
Malaria and Mosquito/Tick-borne DiseasesT32AI138953 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI DAVID Joseph SULLIVAN · 2019 to 2026
$2.0M
Mentoring in Translational Malaria GenomicsK24AI134990 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Jonathan J Juliano · 2018 to 2026
$1.6M
Bloomberg PhilanthropiesFIC NIH HHS D43 TW007393Johns Hopkins Malaria Research InstituteNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesNIAID NIH HHS K24 AI134990NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI139520NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI138953NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI089680NIH HHS K24AI134990NIH HHS R01AI139520NIH HHS T32AI138953-03NIH HHS U19AI089680
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increasing artemisinin partial resistance (ART-R) due to mutations in the gene encoding Kelch13 (Pfk13) protein in eastern Africa is of urgent concern, and mutations, such as Pfk13 P441L, continue to emerge. We used an amplicon deep-sequencing panel to estimate the prevalence of validated and candidate ART-R Pfk13 mutations in samples collected between 2018 and 2023 in southern Zambia. Pfk13 P441L was present in 30 of 501 samples (6%), and prevalence increased over time (0% to 7.2%). Further studies of the P441L mutation are needed to document its geographical origin, distribution, and impact on treatment outcomes.

Indexed as

AntimalarialsArtemisininsDrug ResistanceMalaria, FalciparumPlasmodium falciparumProtozoan ProteinsFemaleHumansMaleMutationPrevalenceZambiaAntimalarialsartemisininArtemisininsProtozoan Proteinsampliconartemisinindrug resistancemalariaP441LZambia

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PMID40241390
PMCPMC12526945

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