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This study aimed to determine whether\n                    <jats:italic>Plasmodium falciparum<\/jats:italic>\n                    malaria treatment outcomes and rates of antimalarial resistance markers differ according to HIV serostatus in Mozambique.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methodology<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    We conducted an observational study of non-pregnant adults, with and without HIV coinfection, admitted to the Hospital Central de Maputo for treatment of severe malaria.\n                    <jats:italic>Plasmodium falciparum<\/jats:italic>\n                    DNA was extracted from whole blood and sequenced to identify single-nucleotide polymorphisms. Statistical analyses to compare clinical outcomes and rates of nonsynonymous mutations in genes associated with drug resistance were performed in R version 4.2.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    We recruited 149 study participants aged between 18-62 years, 72 (48.3%) were female, and 59 (39.6%) were infected with HIV. Comparing clinical outcomes, we found a significant difference in anemia (hemoglobin &lt;5 mg\/dl: P-value = 0.01248) but no other predefined clinical characteristics including fever, renal dysfunction, or pulmonary edema in those with and without HIV coinfection. We found significantly higher in hospital mortality in those with HIV coinfection (\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    -value = 0.03416, and at 30 days post discharge\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    -value = 0.007526). Mortality correlated inversely with CD4 count. Overall mortality at the end of the study was 20.1%. We did not find a significant increase in the number of nonsynonymous mutations in known antimalarial resistance associated genes\n                    <jats:italic>pfmdr1<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>pfcrt<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>pfdhfr<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>pfdhps<\/jats:italic>\n                    , in patients who reported taking antimalarials prior to admission or in those with HIV coinfection. However, we did find an increase in rates of K189T\n                    <jats:italic>pfkelch<\/jats:italic>\n                    mutations (21.2% vs 2.7%, p = 0.022) in HIV infected patients. We found no increase in rates of nonsynonymous mutations in\n                    <jats:italic>pfdhfr<\/jats:italic>\n                    in HIV infected patients taking TMP-SMX prophylaxis:\n                    <jats:italic>pfdhfr-pfdhps<\/jats:italic>\n                    quintuple mutations were found in almost 100% of the parasite population.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We find a higher mortality rate in patients with malaria-HIV coinfection, further emphasizing the importance of effective treatment for this vulnerable population. 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