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Using whole genome sequencing of 282\n                  <jats:italic>P. falciparum<\/jats:italic>\n                  samples collected during the 2018 Zambia National Malaria Indicator Survey, we determined the prevalence and spatial distribution of known and candidate antimalarial drug resistance mutations. High levels of genotypic resistance were found across Zambia to pyrimethamine, with over 94% (n=266) of samples having the\n                  <jats:italic>Pfdhfr<\/jats:italic>\n                  triple mutant (N51\n                  <jats:bold>I<\/jats:bold>\n                  , C59\n                  <jats:bold>R<\/jats:bold>\n                  , and S108\n                  <jats:bold>N<\/jats:bold>\n                  ), and sulfadoxine, with over 84% (n=238) having the\n                  <jats:italic>Pfdhps<\/jats:italic>\n                  double mutant (A437\n                  <jats:bold>G<\/jats:bold>\n                  and K540\n                  <jats:bold>E<\/jats:bold>\n                  ). In northern Zambia, 5.3% (n=15) of samples also harbored the\n                  <jats:italic>Pfdhps<\/jats:italic>\n                  A581\n                  <jats:bold>G<\/jats:bold>\n                  mutation. Although 29 mutations were identified in\n                  <jats:italic>Pfkelch13<\/jats:italic>\n                  , these mutations were present at low frequency (&lt;2.5%), and only three were WHO-validated artemisinin partial resistance mutations: P441\n                  <jats:bold>L<\/jats:bold>\n                  (n=1, 0.35%), V568\n                  <jats:bold>M<\/jats:bold>\n                  (n=2, 0.7%) and R622\n                  <jats:bold>T<\/jats:bold>\n                  (n=1, 0.35%). Notably, 91 (32%) of samples carried the E431\n                  <jats:bold>K<\/jats:bold>\n                  mutation in the\n                  <jats:italic>Pfatpase6<\/jats:italic>\n                  gene, which is associated with artemisinin resistance. No specimens carried any known mutations associated with chloroquine resistance in the\n                  <jats:italic>Pfcrt<\/jats:italic>\n                  gene (codons 72-76).\n                  <jats:italic>P. falciparum<\/jats:italic>\n                  strains circulating in Zambia were highly resistant to sulfadoxine and pyrimethamine but remained susceptible to chloroquine and artemisinin. 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