Emergence, transmission dynamics and mechanisms of artemisinin partial resistance in malaria parasites in Africa

PJ Rosenthal, V Asua, MD Conrad - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2024 - nature.com
Malaria, mostly due to Plasmodium falciparum infection in Africa, remains one of the most
important infectious diseases in the world. Standard treatment for uncomplicated P …

[HTML][HTML] Artemisinin and multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum–a threat for malaria control and elimination

M Dhorda, C Amaratunga… - Current opinion in …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Enhancing the geographic coverage of surveillance for resistance will be key to ensure
prompt detection of emerging resistance in order to implement effective countermeasures …

Plasmodium falciparum K13 mutations in Africa and Asia impact artemisinin resistance and parasite fitness

BH Stokes, SK Dhingra, K Rubiano, S Mok, J Straimer… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
The emergence of mutant K13-mediated artemisinin (ART) resistance in Plasmodium
falciparum malaria parasites has led to widespread treatment failures across Southeast …

Artemisinin-resistant K13 mutations rewire Plasmodium falciparum's intra-erythrocytic metabolic program to enhance survival

S Mok, BH Stokes, NF Gnädig, LS Ross, T Yeo… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The emergence and spread of artemisinin resistance, driven by mutations in Plasmodium
falciparum K13, has compromised antimalarial efficacy and threatens the global malaria …

[HTML][HTML] Plasmodium falciparum resistance to ACTs: Emergence, mechanisms, and outlook

FA Siddiqui, X Liang, L Cui - … Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug …, 2021 - Elsevier
Emergence and spread of resistance in Plasmodium falciparum to the frontline treatment
artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) in the epicenter of multidrug resistance of …

Emergence of artemisinin-based combination treatment failure in patients returning from sub-Saharan Africa with P. falciparum malaria

T Grossman, J Vainer, Y Paran… - Journal of Travel …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) are recommended as first-line
treatment against uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum infection. Mutations in the …

Malaria molecular surveillance in the Peruvian Amazon with a novel highly multiplexed Plasmodium falciparum AmpliSeq assay

JH Kattenberg, C Fernandez-Miñope… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Molecular surveillance for malaria has great potential to support national malaria control
programs (NMCPs). To bridge the gap between research and implementation, several …

Bangladesh in the era of malaria elimination

K Haldar, MS Alam, C Koepfli, NF Lobo, CS Phru… - Trends in …, 2023 - cell.com
Bangladesh has dramatically reduced malaria by 93% from 2008 to 2020. The strategy has
been district-wise, phased elimination; however, the last districts targeted for elimination …

The newly discovered role of endocytosis in artemisinin resistance

HM Behrens, S Schmidt… - Medicinal Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Artemisinin and its derivatives (ART) are the cornerstone of malaria treatment as part of
artemisinin combination therapy (ACT). However, reduced susceptibility to artemisinin as …

[HTML][HTML] Multidisciplinary investigations of sustained malaria transmission in the Greater Mekong Subregion

L Cui, J Sattabongkot, PL Aung… - The American journal …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In the course of malaria elimination in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), malaria
epidemiology has experienced drastic spatiotemporal changes with residual transmission …