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The association between the clinical outcome of chloroquine treatment and mutations in the putative  Plasmodium falciparum  chloroquine resistance transporter ( Pf crt) gene at codon 76 and multidrug resistance gene 1 ( Pf  mdr1) at codon 86 were investigated among 406 children with uncomplicated malaria presenting at five sentinel health centres in Ghana. Presence of mutations in isolates taken at pre-treatment and on day of recurrence of parasites was detected using PCR followed by RFLP techniques. The prevalence of  Pf crt T76 mutants was 80% at Hohoe, 46% at Navrongo, 98% at Tarkwa, 61% at Sunyani and 46% at Yendi. The prevalence of the mutant  Pf mdr1 at Hohoe, Navrongo, Tarkwa, Sunyani and Yendi were 78, 58, 95, 53 and 42%, respectively. Significant association between the  Pf crt mutation and treatment outcome was observed at Hohoe and Sunyani ( p  &lt; 0.05), but not at Navrongo, Tarkwa or Yendi ( p  &gt; 0.05). Similarly, a statistical significant association between  Pf mdr1 86 and treatment failures was observed at Hohoe and Sunyani ( p  &lt; 0.05) but not at the other three sites. A positive correlation was found between mutant  Pf crt prevalence only and treatment failures with a Spearman's ρ-value of 0.872 and a  p -value = 0.027. All parasite isolates from samples taken at recrudescence from patients with chloroquine treatment failures were found to have both  Pf crt and  Pf mdr mutations.

journal of tropical pediatrics

Mutations in  Plasmodium falciparum  Chloroquine Resistance Transporter and Multidrug Resistance Genes, and Treatment Outcomes in Ghanaian Children with Uncomplicated Malaria