Treatment of human babesiosis: then and now

I Renard, C Ben Mamoun - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Babesiosis is an emerging tick-borne disease caused by apicomplexan parasites of the
genus Babesia. With its increasing incidence worldwide and the risk of human-to-human …

Is the mitochondrion a good malaria drug target?

CD Goodman, HD Buchanan, GI McFadden - Trends in parasitology, 2017 - cell.com
Rapid emergence of resistance to atovaquone, which targets electron transport in the
malaria parasite mitochondrion, relegated its use to prophylaxis and even cast a shadow …

Parasites resistant to the antimalarial atovaquone fail to transmit by mosquitoes

CD Goodman, JE Siregar, V Mollard… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Drug resistance compromises control of malaria. Here, we show that resistance to a
commonly used antimalarial medication, atovaquone, is apparently unable to spread …

Discovery of Marinoquinolines as Potent and Fast-Acting Plasmodium falciparum Inhibitors with in Vivo Activity

ACC Aguiar, M Panciera… - Journal of medicinal …, 2018 - ACS Publications
We report the discovery of marinoquinoline (3 H-pyrrolo [2, 3-c] quinoline) derivatives as
new chemotypes with antiplasmodial activity. We evaluated their inhibitory activities against …

Atovaquone and ELQ-300 Combination Therapy as a Novel Dual-Site Cytochrome bc1 Inhibition Strategy for Malaria

AM Stickles, MJ Smilkstein, JM Morrisey… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Antimalarial combination therapies play a crucial role in preventing the emergence of drug-
resistant Plasmodium parasites. Although artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) …

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 …

New paradigms for understanding and step changes in treating active and chronic, persistent apicomplexan infections

M McPhillie, Y Zhou, K El Bissati, J Dubey, H Lorenzi… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Toxoplasma gondii, the most common parasitic infection of human brain and eye, persists
across lifetimes, can progressively damage sight, and is currently incurable. New, curative …

Effective Therapy Targeting Cytochrome bc1 Prevents Babesia Erythrocytic Development and Protects from Lethal Infection

JE Chiu, I Renard, AC Pal, P Singh… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
An effective strategy to control blood-borne diseases and prevent outbreak recrudescence
involves targeting conserved metabolic processes that are essential for pathogen viability …

New scalable synthetic routes to ELQ-300, ELQ-316, and other antiparasitic quinolones

S Pou, RA Dodean, L Frueh, KM Liebman… - … process research & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The endochin-like quinolone (ELQ) compound class may yield effective, safe treatments for
a range of important human and animal afflictions. However, to access the public health …

Antimalarial agents as therapeutic tools against toxoplasmosis—a short bridge between two distant illnesses

A Secrieru, ICC Costa, PM O'Neill, MLS Cristiano - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Toxoplasmosis is an infectious disease with paramount impact worldwide, affecting many
vulnerable populations and representing a significant matter of concern. Current therapies …