Current and emerging strategies to combat antimalarial resistance

C Rasmussen, P Alonso, P Ringwald - Expert Review of Anti …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Since the spread of chloroquine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum in the
1960s, recommendations have been made on how to respond to antimalarial resistance …

Antimalarial drug resistance and implications for the WHO global technical strategy

MM Ippolito, KA Moser, JBB Kabuya… - Current epidemiology …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Five years have passed since the World Health Organization
released its Global Technical Strategy for Malaria (GTS). In that time, progress against …

Extension of efficacy range for targeted malaria-elimination interventions due to spillover effects

J Benjamin-Chung, H Li, A Nguyen… - Nature medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Malaria-elimination interventions aim to extinguish hotspots and prevent transmission to
nearby areas. Here, we re-analyzed a cluster-randomized trial of reactive, focal interventions …

Pathogenicity and virulence of malaria: Sticky problems and tricky solutions

IS Walker, SJ Rogerson - Virulence, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Infections with Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax cause over 600,000 deaths
each year, concentrated in Africa and in young children, but much of the world's population …

Pharmacokinetics of single low dose primaquine in Ugandan and Congolese children with falciparum malaria

M Mukaka, MA Onyamboko, P Olupot-Olupot… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background There are no pharmacokinetic data of single low dose primaquine (SLDPQ) as
transmission blocking in African children with acute Plasmodium falciparum and glucose-6 …

Plasmodium falciparum sexual conversion rates can be affected by artemisinin-based treatment in naturally infected malaria patients

HP Portugaliza, HM Natama, P Guetens… - …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Artemisinins (ART) are the key component of the frontline antimalarial
treatment, but their impact on Plasmodium falciparum sexual conversion rates in natural …

Progress and challenges of integrated drug efficacy surveillance for uncomplicated malaria in Thailand

P Sudathip, A Saejeng, N Khantikul, T Thongrad… - Malaria Journal, 2021 - Springer
Background Integrated drug efficacy surveillance (iDES) was formally introduced nationally
across Thailand in fiscal year 2018 (FY2018), building on a history of drug efficacy …

Identification of the asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax gametocyte reservoir under different transmission intensities

C Koepfli, W Nguitragool, ACG de Almeida… - PLoS neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Understanding epidemiological variables affecting gametocyte carriage and
density is essential to design interventions that most effectively reduce malaria human-to …

A single low dose of primaquine is safe and sufficient to reduce transmission of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes regardless of cytochrome P450 2D6 enzyme …

RO Mwaiswelo, B Ngasala, D Msolo, E Kweka… - Malaria Journal, 2022 - Springer
Background Primaquine is a pro-drug and its active metabolite is potent against mature
Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes. Primaquine is metabolized by a highly polymorphic …

Safety of single-dose primaquine as a Plasmodium falciparum gametocytocide: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data

K Stepniewska, EN Allen, GS Humphreys, E Poirot… - BMC medicine, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background In 2012, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended single
low-dose (SLD, 0.25 mg/kg) primaquine to be added as a Plasmodium (P.) falciparum …