Figure 3.
Baseline information of the study population. (A) Prevalence of asymptomatic malaria in selected regions based on diagnostic assays, including rapid diagnostic test (RDT), Light microscopy (LM), and qPCR. The black bars indicate the proportion of positive (+) individuals (%), and the yellow bars indicate the proportion of negative (–) individuals (%). (B) Distribution of P. falciparum–positive isolates detected by LM, RDT and qPCR, and selected for genotyping and sequencing (qPCR positive) of the pfk13 and pfmdr1 genes. (C) Distribution of WHO-validated pfk13 mutations associated with partial artemisinin resistance (A675 V, R561H, and Y493H) among asymptomatic populations in the studied villages. (D) Distribution of pfmdr1 SNPs linked to multidrug resistance markers known to modulate the susceptibility of P. falciparum parasites to multiple drugs, including lumefantrine.
