- Tumwebaze, Patrick;
- Tukwasibwe, Stephen;
- Taylor, Aimee;
- Conrad, Melissa;
- Ruhamyankaka, Emmanuel;
- Asua, Victor;
- Walakira, Andrew;
- Nankabirwa, Joaniter;
- Yeka, Adoke;
- Staedke, Sarah G;
- Greenhouse, Bryan;
- Nsobya, Samuel L;
- Kamya, Moses R;
- Dorsey, Grant;
- Rosenthal, Philip J
We assessed Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance markers in parasites collected in 2012, 2013, and 2015 at 3 sites in Uganda. The prevalence and frequency of parasites with mutations in putative transporters previously associated with resistance to aminoquinolines, but increased sensitivity to lumefantrine (pfcrt 76T; pfmdr1 86Y and 1246Y), decreased markedly at all sites. Antifolate resistance mutations were common, with apparent emergence of mutations (pfdhfr 164L; pfdhps 581G) associated with high-level resistance. K13 mutations linked to artemisinin resistance were uncommon and did not increase over time. Changing malaria treatment practices have been accompanied by profound changes in markers of resistance.