Antimalarial drug resistance in Africa: the calm before the storm?

MD Conrad, PJ Rosenthal - The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2019 - thelancet.com
Antimalarial drug resistance, in particular resistance to Plasmodium falciparum, challenges
the treatment and control of malaria. In this Review, we summarise evolving patterns of …

The use of antimalarial drugs against viral infection

S D'Alessandro, D Scaccabarozzi, L Signorini… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
In recent decades, drugs used to treat malaria infection have been shown to be beneficial for
many other diseases, including viral infections. In particular, they have received special …

[HTML][HTML] Doxycycline for malaria chemoprophylaxis and treatment: report from the CDC expert meeting on malaria chemoprophylaxis

KR Tan, AJ Magill, ME Parise… - The American journal of …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Doxycycline, a synthetically derived tetracycline, is a partially efficacious causal prophylactic
(liver stage of Plasmodium) drug and a slow acting blood schizontocidal agent highly …

[HTML][HTML] Drug targets for resistant malaria: historic to future perspectives

S Kumar, TR Bhardwaj, DN Prasad… - Biomedicine & …, 2018 - Elsevier
New antimalarial targets are the prime need for the discovery of potent drug candidates. In
order to fulfill this objective, antimalarial drug researches are focusing on promising targets …

Tetracyclines in malaria

T Gaillard, M Madamet, B Pradines - Malaria journal, 2015 - Springer
Malaria, a parasite vector-borne disease, is one of the greatest health threats in tropical
regions, despite the availability of malaria chemoprophylaxis. The emergence and rapid …

The interplay between drug resistance and fitness in malaria parasites

PJ Rosenthal - Molecular microbiology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Controlling the spread of antimalarial drug resistance, especially resistance of P lasmodium
falciparum to artemisinin‐based combination therapies, is a high priority. Available data …

Piperaquine Resistance Is Associated with a Copy Number Variation on Chromosome 5 in Drug-Pressured Plasmodium falciparum Parasites

RT Eastman, NV Dharia, EA Winzeler… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
The combination of piperaquine and dihydroartemisinin has recently become the official first-
line therapy in several Southeast Asian countries. The pharmacokinetic mismatching of …

The transportome of the malaria parasite

RE Martin - Biological Reviews, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Membrane transport proteins, also known as transporters, control the movement of ions,
nutrients, metabolites, and waste products across the membranes of a cell and are central to …

Plasmodium falciparum apicoplast drugs: targets or off-targets?

CY Botté, F Dubar, GI McFadden, E Maréchal… - Chemical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The phylum Apicomplexa includes obligate intracellular parasites that cause both benign
and serious diseases. Human infection by Toxoplasma gondii can be asymptomatic but can …

Plasmodium falciparum proteome changes in response to doxycycline treatment

S Briolant, L Almeras, M Belghazi… - Malaria journal, 2010 - Springer
Abstract Background The emergence of Plasmodium falciparum resistance to most anti-
malarial compounds has highlighted the urgency to develop new drugs and to clarify the …