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 …

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 …

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 …

Antimalarial drug resistance in Africa: key lessons for the future

S Takala‐Harrison, MK Laufer - … of the New York Academy of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Drug‐resistant parasites repeatedly arise as a result of widespread use of antimalarial drugs
and have contributed significantly to the failure to control and eradicate malaria throughout …

Efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for treatment of uncomplicated malaria in children in Zaire and Uige Provinces, angola

MM Plucinski, E Talundzic, L Morton… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
The development of resistance to antimalarials is a major challenge for global malaria
control. Artemisinin-based combination therapies, the newest class of antimalarials, are …

Persistence of chloroquine resistance alleles in malaria endemic countries: a systematic review of burden and risk factors

M Ocan, D Akena, S Nsobya, MR Kamya, R Senono… - Malaria journal, 2019 - Springer
Background Chloroquine, a previous highly efficacious, easy to use and affordable anti-
malarial agent was withdrawn from malaria endemic regions due to high levels of …

Artesunate/amodiaquine versus artemether/lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Uganda: a randomized trial

A Yeka, R Kigozi, MD Conrad… - The Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background. In treating malaria in Uganda, artemether-lumefantrine (AL) has been
associated with a lower risk of recurrent parasitemia, compared with artesunate …

The molecular basis of antifolate resistance in Plasmodium falciparum: looking beyond point mutations

A Heinberg, L Kirkman - Annals of the New York Academy of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Drugs that target the folate‐synthesis pathway have a long history of effectiveness against a
variety of pathogens. As antimalarials, the antifolates were safe and well tolerated, but …