Plasmodium falciparum non-synonymous Kelch13 mutations mediating artemisinin resistance in East Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis: 2014–2024

• Anthony Kapesa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, School of Public Health, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania

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• Vito Baraka,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research, Tanga Centre, Tanga, Tanzania

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9694-9293

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• Richard Mwaiswelo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, Kairuki University, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Maria Zinga,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology and Medical Entomology, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0154-8858

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• Karol J. Marwa ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: carol_maro@yahoo.com

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5237-2904

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• Eliningaya J. Kweka ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶† Deceased December 2025

  Affiliations Department of Parasitology and Medical Entomology, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania, Pesticides Bioefficacy Section, Department of Pesticides Management, Tanzania Plant Health and Pesticides Authority, Arusha, Tanzania

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8891-758X

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• Erasmus Kamugisha

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing, Conceptualization

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania

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