Baseline prevalence of molecular marker of sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine resistance in Ebonyi and Osun states, Nigeria: amplicon deep sequencing of dhps-540.
Adeola Y OlukosiOlusola AjibayeOmowunmi OmoniwaOlusola OresanyaAina O OluwagbemigaChinazo UjujuMichael EkholuenetaleKolawole MaxwellColin J SutherlandJames K TibenderanaKhalid B BeshirPublished in: The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (2023)
Our data show that both states are suitable for SP-PMC implementation and, based on this finding, SP-PMC was implemented in Osun in 2022. Continuous monitoring of 540E will be required to ensure the chemoprevention effectiveness of SP in Nigeria.