Assessment of Molecular Markers of Anti-malarial Drug Resistance in Pfk13-propeller, Pfcrt and Pfmdr1 Genes in Plasmodium Falciparum Isolated From Patients Returning for Malaria Retreatment in Democratic Republic of Congo

Doudou Malekita Yobi (  doudou.yobi@unikin.ac.cd ) Université de Kinshasa, Faculté de Médecine, Département de Sciences de Base, Service de Biologie Moléculaire https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8703-1269 Nadine K. Kayiba School of Public Health, Faculty of Medecine, University of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo; School of Public Health and Research Institute of Health and Society, Catholic University of Louvain, 1200 Brussels, Belgium Dieudonné M. Mvumbi University of Kinshasa: Universite de Kinshasa Raphael Boreux Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, University of Liege, 4000 Liege, Belgium Pius Z. Kabututu Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo Hippolyte NT. Situakibanza Department of internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Cong Solange E. Umesumbu National Malaria Control Programme, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo Patrick De Mol Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, University of Liege, 4000 Liege, Belgium Niko Speybroeck School of Public Health and Research Institute of Health and Society, Catholic University of Louvain, 1200 Brussels, Belgium Georges L. Mvumbi Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo Marie-Pierre Hayette Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, University of Liege, 4000 Liege, Belgium