How can we identify parasite genes that underlie antimalarial drug resistance?

T Anderson, S Nkhoma, A Ecker, D Fidock - Pharmacogenomics, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
This article outlines genome-scale approaches that can be used to identify mutations in
malaria (Plasmodium) parasites that underlie drug resistance and contribute to treatment …

Local population structure of Plasmodium: impact on malaria control and elimination

SM Chenet, KA Schneider, L Villegas, AA Escalante - Malaria journal, 2012 - Springer
Background Regardless of the growing interest in detecting population structures in malarial
parasites, there have been limited discussions on how to use this concept in control …

Malaria life cycle intensifies both natural selection and random genetic drift

HH Chang, EL Moss, DJ Park… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Analysis of genome sequences of 159 isolates of Plasmodium falciparum from Senegal
yields an extraordinarily high proportion (26.85%) of protein-coding genes with the ratio of …

Immune selection suppresses the emergence of drug resistance in malaria parasites but facilitates its spread

AOB Whitlock, JJ Juliano, N Mideo - PLOS Computational Biology, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Although drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum typically evolves in regions of low
transmission, resistance spreads readily following introduction to regions with a heavier …

Bias-corrected maximum-likelihood estimation of multiplicity of infection and lineage frequencies

M Hashemi, KA Schneider - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background The UN's Sustainable Development Goals are devoted to eradicate a range of
infectious diseases to achieve global well-being. These efforts require monitoring disease …

Differences in selective pressure on dhps and dhfr drug resistant mutations in western Kenya

AM McCollum, KA Schneider, SM Griffing, Z Zhou… - Malaria journal, 2012 - Springer
Background Understanding the origin and spread of mutations associated with drug
resistance, especially in the context of combination therapy, will help guide strategies to halt …

Evolutionary genetics of malaria

KA Schneider, CJ Salas - Frontiers in Genetics, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Many standard-textbook population-genetic results apply to a wide range of species.
Sometimes, however, population-genetic models and principles need to be tailored to a …

The Impact of Antimalarial Use on the Emergence and Transmission of Plasmodium falciparum Resistance: A Scoping Review of Mathematical Models

AR Brock, CA Gibbs, JV Ross, A Esterman - Tropical medicine and …, 2017 - mdpi.com
The emergence and transmission of resistance to antimalarial treatments continue to
hamper malaria elimination efforts. A scoping review was undertaken regarding the impact …

Chloroquine efficacy studies confirm drug susceptibility of Plasmodium vivax in Chennai, India

S Shalini, S Chaudhuri, PL Sutton, N Mishra… - Malaria journal, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Background Assessing the Plasmodium vivax burden in India is complicated by the
potential threat of an emerging chloroquine (CQ) resistant parasite population from …

Charles Darwin meets Ronald Ross: a population-genetic framework for the evolutionary dynamics of malaria

KA Schneider - Infectious Diseases and Our Planet, 2021 - Springer
Malaria is a resilient disease characterized by complex life histories of the pathogen and the
vector, and still is a major threat to global development. We introduce a population-genetic …