Antimalarial drug resistance: linking Plasmodium falciparum parasite biology to the clinic

B Blasco, D Leroy, DA Fidock - Nature medicine, 2017 - nature.com
The global adoption of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) in the early 2000s
heralded a new era in effectively treating drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Antimalarial drug resistance: literature review and activities and findings of the ICEMR network

L Cui, S Mharakurwa, D Ndiaye… - The American journal …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Antimalarial drugs are key tools for the control and elimination of malaria. Recent decreases
in the global malaria burden are likely due, in part, to the deployment of artemisinin-based …

malERA: an updated research agenda for malaria elimination and eradication

RN Rabinovich, C Drakeley, AA Djimde, BF Hall… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Achieving a malaria-free world presents exciting scientific challenges as well as
overwhelming health, equity, and economic benefits. WHO and countries are setting …

Globally prevalent PfMDR1 mutations modulate Plasmodium falciparum susceptibility to artemisinin-based combination therapies

MI Veiga, SK Dhingra, PP Henrich, J Straimer… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Antimalarial chemotherapy, globally reliant on artemisinin-based combination therapies
(ACTs), is threatened by the spread of drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum parasites …

[HTML][HTML] Polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter and multidrug resistance 1 genes: parasite risk factors that affect treatment …

M Venkatesan, NB Gadalla, K Stepniewska… - The American journal …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Adequate clinical and parasitologic cure by artemisinin combination therapies relies on the
artemisinin component and the partner drug. Polymorphisms in the Plasmodium falciparum …

Adaptive evolution of malaria parasites in French Guiana: Reversal of chloroquine resistance by acquisition of a mutation in pfcrt

S Pelleau, EL Moss, SK Dhingra… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
In regions with high malaria endemicity, the withdrawal of chloroquine (CQ) as first-line
treatment of Plasmodium falciparum infections has typically led to the restoration of CQ …

Polymorphisms in K13 and Falcipain-2 Associated with Artemisinin Resistance Are Not Prevalent in Plasmodium falciparum Isolated from Ugandan Children

MD Conrad, V Bigira, J Kapisi, M Muhindo, MR Kamya… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The emergence of resistance to artemisinin derivatives in Southeast Asia, manifested as
delayed clearance of Plasmodium falciparum following treatment with artemisinins, is a …

Directional Selection at the pfmdr1, pfcrt, pfubp1, and pfap2mu Loci of Plasmodium falciparum in Kenyan Children Treated With ACT

G Henriques, RL Hallett, KB Beshir… - The Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background The efficacy of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) for Plasmodium
falciparum malaria may be threatened by parasites with reduced responsiveness to …

Drug susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum in eastern Uganda: a longitudinal phenotypic and genotypic study

PK Tumwebaze, T Katairo, M Okitwi… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Treatment and control of malaria depends on artemisinin-based combination
therapies (ACTs) and is challenged by drug resistance, but thus far resistance to …