%0 Journal Article %9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES %A Thu, A. M. %A Phyo, A. P. %A Pateekhum, C. %A Rae, J. D. %A Landier, Jordi %A Parker, D. M. %A Delmas, G. %A Watthanaworawit, W. %A McLean, A. R. D. %A Arya, A. %A Reyes, A. %A Li, X. %A Miotto, O. %A Soe, K. %A Ashley, E. A. %A Dondorp, A. %A White, N. J. %A Day, N. P. %A Anderson, T. J. C. %A Imwong, M. %A Nosten, F. %A Smithuis, F. %T Molecular markers of artemisinin resistance during falciparum malaria elimination in Eastern Myanmar %D 2024 %L fdi:010090641 %G ENG %J Malaria Journal %K P. falciparum ; Mass drug administration ; Kelch13 ; Artemisinin ; resistance ; Malaria elimination %K MYANMAR %M ISI:001216286800002 %N 1 %P 138 [11 ] %R 10.1186/s12936-024-04955-6 %U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010090641 %> https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/2024-06/010090641.pdf %V 23 %W Horizon (IRD) %X Background Artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum threatens global malaria elimination efforts. To contain and then eliminate artemisinin resistance in Eastern Myanmar a network of community-based malaria posts was instituted and targeted mass drug administration (MDA) with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (three rounds at monthly intervals) was conducted. The prevalence of artemisinin resistance during the elimination campaign (2013-2019) was characterized. Methods Throughout the six-year campaign Plasmodium falciparum positive blood samples from symptomatic patients and from cross-sectional surveys were genotyped for mutations in kelch-13-a molecular marker of artemisinin resistance. Result The program resulted in near elimination of falciparum malaria. Of 5162 P. falciparum positive blood samples genotyped, 3281 (63.6%) had K13 mutations. The prevalence of K13 mutations was 73.9% in 2013 and 64.4% in 2019. Overall, there was a small but significant decline in the proportion of K13 mutants (p < 0.001). In the MDA villages there was no significant change in the K13 proportions before and after MDA. The distribution of different K13 mutations changed substantially; F446I and P441L mutations increased in both MDA and non-MDA villages, while most other K13 mutations decreased. The proportion of C580Y mutations fell from 9.2% (43/467) before MDA to 2.3% (19/813) after MDA (p < 0.001). Similar changes occurred in the 487 villages where MDA was not conducted. Conclusion The malaria elimination program in Kayin state, eastern Myanmar, led to a substantial reduction in falciparum malaria. Despite the intense use of artemisinin-based combination therapies, both in treatment and MDA, this did not select for artemisinin resistance. %$ 052 ; 050