Adapt or die: targeting unique transmission-stage biology for malaria elimination

ME van der Watt, J Reader… - Frontiers in Cellular and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Plasmodium parasites have a complex life cycle that includes development in the human
host as well as the Anopheles vector. Successful transmission of the parasite between its …

Antimalarial Drug Strategies to Target Plasmodium Gametocytes

BA Munro, BJ McMorran - Parasitologia, 2022 - mdpi.com
Onward transmission of Plasmodium falciparum from humans to mosquitoes is dependent
upon a specialised transmission stage called the gametocyte. Despite its critical role in …

A versatile Plasmodium falciparum reporter line expressing NanoLuc enables highly sensitive multi-stage drug assays

Y Miyazaki, MW Vos, FJA Geurten, P Bigeard… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Transgenic luciferase-expressing Plasmodium falciparum parasites have been widely used
for the evaluation of anti-malarial compounds. Here, to screen for anti-malarial drugs …

Intervention reducing malaria parasite load in vector mosquitoes: No impact on Plasmodium falciparum extrinsic incubation period and the survival of Anopheles …

E Guissou, DF Da, DFS Hien, KB Yameogo… - PloS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
In the fight against malaria, transmission blocking interventions (TBIs) such as transmission
blocking vaccines or drugs, are promising approaches to complement conventional tools …

Eliminating malaria transmission requires targeting immature and mature gametocytes through lipoidal uptake of antimalarials

M Naude, A van Heerden, J Reader… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Novel antimalarial compounds targeting both the pathogenic and transmissible stages of the
human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, would greatly benefit malaria elimination …

Antimalarial potential of Moringa oleifera Lam. (Moringaceae): A review of the ethnomedicinal, pharmacological, toxicological, and phytochemical evidence

JJL Bezerra, AAV Pinheiro, D Dourado - Journal of Venomous …, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
Several regions of the world frequently use the species Moringa oleifera Lam.(Moringaceae)
in traditional medicine. This situation is even more common in African countries. Many …

Genetic complexity alters drug susceptibility of asexual and gametocyte stages of Plasmodium falciparum to antimalarial candidates

N Greyling, M van der Watt, H Gwarinda… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Malaria elimination requires interventions able to target both the asexual blood stage (ABS)
parasites and transmissible gametocyte stages of Plasmodium falciparum. Lead antimalarial …

Estimating the effects of temperature on transmission of the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum

E Suh, IJ Stopard, B Lambert, JL Waite… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Despite concern that climate change could increase the human risk to malaria in certain
areas, the temperature dependency of malaria transmission is poorly characterized. Here …

Systematic screens for fertility genes essential for malaria parasite transmission reveal conserved aspects of sex in a divergent eukaryote

C Sayers, V Pandey, A Balakrishnan, K Michie… - Cell Systems, 2024 - cell.com
Sexual reproduction in malaria parasites is essential for their transmission to mosquitoes
and offers a divergent eukaryote model to understand the evolution of sex. Through a panel …

A novel class of sulphonamides potently block malaria transmission by targeting a Plasmodium vacuole membrane protein

S Yahiya, CN Saunders, S Hassan… - Disease models & …, 2023 - journals.biologists.com
Phenotypic cell-based screens are critical tools for discovering candidate drugs for
development, yet identification of the cellular target and mode of action of a candidate drug …