Lessons learnt from 20 years surveillance of malaria drug resistance prior to the policy change in Burkina Faso.
Tinto H, Valea I, Ouédraogo J, Guiguemdé T. Lessons learnt from 20 years surveillance of malaria drug resistance prior to the policy change in Burkina Faso. Annals Of Parasitology 2016, 62: 17-24. PMID: 27262953, DOI: 10.17420/ap6201.27.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug resistanceChloroquine resistanceYear surveillanceSeasonal malaria chemoprophylaxisIntermittent preventive treatmentMalaria drug resistanceSulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistanceSystematic surveillance systemGood surveillance systemSurveillance systemLate recrudescenceMalaria chemoprophylaxisUncomplicated malariaSulfadoxine-pyrimethamineTreatment failurePregnant womenCombination therapyDevelopment of resistancePreventive treatmentReal prevalenceTreatment resistanceLow prevalenceSentinel sitesAntimalarial drugsBurkina Faso