Antimalarial drug discovery: Progress and approaches

JL Siqueira-Neto, KJ Wicht, K Chibale… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Recent antimalarial drug discovery has been a race to produce new medicines that
overcome emerging drug resistance, whilst considering safety and improving dosing …

[HTML][HTML] Plasmodium falciparum resistance to artemisinin-based combination therapies

KE Ward, DA Fidock, JL Bridgford - Current opinion in microbiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Mutant K13-mediated artemisinin resistance involves reduced hemoglobin
endocytosis.•Artemisinin partial resistance has emerged in Africa.•Novel PfCRT mutations …

Safety and efficacy of a monoclonal antibody against malaria in Mali

K Kayentao, A Ongoiba, AC Preston… - … England Journal of …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Background CIS43LS is a monoclonal antibody that was shown to protect against controlled
Plasmodium falciparum infection in a phase 1 clinical trial. Whether a monoclonal antibody …

Mapping the genomic landscape of multidrug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum and its impact on parasite fitness

S Mok, T Yeo, D Hong, MJ Shears, LS Ross… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum parasites have swept across Southeast Asia and now
threaten Africa. By implementing a P. falciparum genetic cross using humanized mice, we …

Causal chemoprophylactic activity of cabamiquine against Plasmodium falciparum in a controlled human malaria infection: a randomised, double-blind, placebo …

JL van der Plas, VP Kuiper, WM Bagchus… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Cabamiquine is a novel antimalarial that inhibits Plasmodium falciparum
translation elongation factor 2. We investigated the causal chemoprophylactic activity and …

Pre-gelation staining expansion microscopy for visualisation of the Plasmodium liver stage

K Atchou, BM Berger, V Heussler… - Journal of cell …, 2023 - journals.biologists.com
Fluorescence and light microscopy are important tools in the history of natural science.
However, the resolution of microscopes is limited by the diffraction of light. One possible …

Therapeutic efficacy of artesunate–amodiaquine and artemether–lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Chad: clinical and genetic …

MS Issa, M Warsame, MHT Mahamat, IDM Saleh… - Malaria Journal, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Artesunate–amodiaquine (AS–AQ) and artemether–lumefantrine (AL)
are the currently recommended first-and second-line therapies for uncomplicated …

Prevalence of molecular markers of resistance to sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine before and after community delivery of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in …

A Figueroa-Romero, D Bissombolo… - The Lancet global …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background The effectiveness of community delivery of intermittent preventive treatment (C-
IPT) of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine has been evaluated in …

Antimalarial artesunate–mefloquine versus praziquantel in African children with schistosomiasis: an open-label, randomized controlled trial

E Bottieau, M Mbow, I Brosius, C Roucher, CT Gueye… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Schistosomiasis treatment entirely relies on a single drug, praziquantel, prompting research
into alternative therapeutics. Here we evaluated the efficacy and safety of the antimalarial …

Design and selection of drug properties to increase the public health impact of next-generation seasonal malaria chemoprevention: a modelling study

L Braunack-Mayer, J Malinga, T Masserey… - The Lancet Global …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is recommended for disease control
in settings with moderate to high Plasmodium falciparum transmission and currently …