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 …

Emergence, transmission dynamics and mechanisms of artemisinin partial resistance in malaria parasites in Africa

PJ Rosenthal, V Asua, MD Conrad - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2024 - nature.com
Malaria, mostly due to Plasmodium falciparum infection in Africa, remains one of the most
important infectious diseases in the world. Standard treatment for uncomplicated P …

Changing prevalence of potential mediators of aminoquinoline, antifolate, and artemisinin resistance across Uganda

V Asua, MD Conrad, O Aydemir… - The Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background In Uganda, artemether-lumefantrine is recommended for malaria
treatment and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for chemoprevention during pregnancy, but drug …

Decreased susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum to both dihydroartemisinin and lumefantrine in northern Uganda

PK Tumwebaze, MD Conrad, M Okitwi, S Orena… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Artemisinin partial resistance may facilitate selection of Plasmodium falciparum resistant to
combination therapy partner drugs. We evaluated 99 P. falciparum isolates collected in 2021 …

Therapeutic efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine, artesunate-amodiaquine and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium …

K Marwa, A Kapesa, V Baraka, E Konje, B Kidenya… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest burden of malaria in the world. Artemisinin-
based combination therapies (ACTs) have been the cornerstone in the efforts to reduce the …

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 …

Potent antimalarials with development potential identified by structure-guided computational optimization of a pyrrole-based dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitor …

MJ Palmer, X Deng, S Watts, G Krilov… - Journal of medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) has been clinically validated as a target for the
development of new antimalarials. Experience with clinical candidate triazolopyrimidine …

Antimalarial proteasome inhibitor reveals collateral sensitivity from intersubunit interactions and fitness cost of resistance

LA Kirkman, W Zhan, J Visone… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
We describe noncovalent, reversible asparagine ethylenediamine (AsnEDA) inhibitors of the
Plasmodium falciparum proteasome (Pf20S) β5 subunit that spare all active subunits of …

Artemether attenuates LPS-induced inflammatory bone loss by inhibiting osteoclastogenesis and bone resorption via suppression of MAPK signaling pathway

H Wu, B Hu, X Zhou, C Zhou, J Meng, Y Yang… - Cell death & …, 2018 - nature.com
Osteolysis is an osteolytic lesion featured by enhanced osteoclast formation and potent
bone erosion. Lacking of effective regimen for treatment of the pathological process …

The emergence of artemisinin partial resistance in Africa: how do we respond?

PJ Rosenthal, V Asua, JA Bailey… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Malaria remains one of the most important infectious diseases in the world, with the greatest
burden in sub-Saharan Africa, primarily from Plasmodium falciparum infection. The …