Plasmodium falciparum mitochondrial genetic diversity exhibits isolation-by-distance patterns supporting a sub-Saharan African origin

K Tanabe, T Jombart, S Horibe, NMQ Palacpac… - Mitochondrion, 2013 - Elsevier
… in 516 isolates from seven parasite populations in Africa, … In the present sample set, we
did not observe a mutation at … Ser, Cys or Asn was correlated to atovaquone resistance follo…

A Chemical Genomic Analysis of Decoquinate, a Plasmodium falciparum Cytochrome b Inhibitor

T Nam, CW McNamara, S Bopp, NV Dharia… - ACS chemical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
… , continued emergence and dissemination of drug-resistant … and dose-response analysis
confirmed a 90-fold increase in … mutations of the DEC-R line confer decoquinate resistance. First…

Naphthoquinones: atovaquone, and other antimalarials targeting mitochondrial functions

AB Vaidya - Treatment and prevention of malaria: antimalarial drug …, 2012 - Springer
… rapid emergence of atovaquone-resistance mutations effectively … More recent studies described
later have confirmed and … use of the atovaquoneproguanil combination as antimalarials …

Gene mutations in parasitic diseases Part II: Parasite gene mutations

S Abaza, M El-Tonsy - Parasitologists United Journal, 2017 - puj.journals.ekb.eg
… It was also confirmed that high prevalence of the mutations at … of cytochrome b in
atovaquone-proguanil resistance in P. … in Plasmodium falciparum genes related to drug …

Studies on evolution of drug resistance in P. falciparum malaria in vivo and in vitro

J Straimer - 2010 - archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de
… Molecular evidence confirm that the clad formed by these … , when the human line and the
African great apes diverged, P. … In summary, gene amplification can give rise to new genes with …

Antimalarial compounds in Phase II clinical development

J Held, S Jeyaraj, A Kreidenweiss - Expert opinion on …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
… pathogenic for humans, Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, … Clinical trials confirmed safety;
however, a Phase II dose-… together with atovaquone/proguanil (NCT01442168) versus …

Alkoxycarbonate ester prodrugs of preclinical drug candidate ELQ-300 for prophylaxis and treatment of malaria

L Frueh, Y Li, MW Mather, Q Li, S Pou… - ACS infectious …, 2017 - ACS Publications
… are due to Plasmodium falciparum, the species most common in sub-Saharan Africa. (2) …
In vitro metabolism data confirm that the promoiety of ELQ-331 is cleaved to return ELQ-300 …

[HTML][HTML] Prevention and Prophylaxis of Malaria in Older Travelers

JA Yax, CD Collins, PN Malani - CLINICAL GERIATRICS, 2007 - consultant360.com
… in Africa, and must be considered when using this drug. … falciparum to atovaquone/proguanil
14 and underscores the … not be used in patients with a history of blood dyscrasias. …

Challenges in the Control and Eradication of Malaria

IW Fong - Challenges in infectious diseases, 2012 - Springer
… malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum alone in 2002. … are antifolates, atovaquone-proguanil
affects the mitochondria … (98.5%), and bioassay confirmed high resistance to DDT and …

Factors contributing to anaemia after uncomplicated Plasmodiumfalciparum malaria in children

A Sowunmi, GO Gbotosho, CT Happi, BA Fateye - Acta Tropica, 2010 - Elsevier
Africa and confirms the findings from other areas of Africa … in the current study, children with
a history of illness >3 days were … studies indicate that multidrug resistance has emerged in P. …