TY - JOUR AU - Molina-de la Fuente, Irene AU - Benito, María José Sagrado AU - Flevaud, Laurence AU - Ousley, Janet AU - Pasquale, Harriet Akello AU - Julla, Ahmed AU - Abdi, Abdirashid AU - Chol, Buai Tut AU - Abubakr, Bakri AU - Benito, Agustín AU - Casademont, Cristian AU - Nanclares, Carolina AU - Berzosa, Pedro T1 - Plasmodium falciparum pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 Gene Deletions in Malaria-Hyperendemic Region, South Sudan T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2023 VL - 29 IS - 1 SP - 154 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 gene deletions threaten the use of Plasmodium falciparum malaria rapid diagnostic tests globally. In South Sudan, deletion frequencies were 15.6% for pfhrp2, 20.0% for pfhrp3, and 7.5% for double deletions. Deletions were approximately twice as prevalent in monoclonal infections than in polyclonal infections. KW - malaria KW - Plasmodium falciparum KW - histidine-rich protein KW - RDT KW - surveillance KW - parasites KW - diagnosis KW - molecular epidemiology KW - vector-borne infections KW - South Sudan DO - 10.3201/eid2901.220775 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/1/22-0775_article ER - End of Reference