Antimalarial drug resistance: linking Plasmodium falciparum parasite biology to the clinic

B Blasco, D Leroy, DA Fidock - Nature medicine, 2017 - nature.com
The global adoption of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) in the early 2000s
heralded a new era in effectively treating drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria …

Drug resistance in Plasmodium

K Haldar, S Bhattacharjee, I Safeukui - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2018 - nature.com
A marked decrease in malaria-related deaths worldwide has been attributed to the
administration of effective antimalarials against Plasmodium falciparum, in particular …

Evolution of partial resistance to artemisinins in malaria parasites in Uganda

MD Conrad, V Asua, S Garg… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Abstract Background Partial resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to the artemisinin
component of artemisinin-based combination therapies, the most important malaria drugs …

Determinants of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine treatment failure in Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam: a prospective clinical …

RW van der Pluijm, M Imwong, NH Chau… - The Lancet infectious …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background The emergence and spread of resistance in Plasmodium falciparum malaria to
artemisinin combination therapies in the Greater Mekong subregion poses a major threat to …

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 …

Triple artemisinin-based combination therapies versus artemisinin-based combination therapies for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a multicentre …

RW van Der Pluijm, R Tripura, RM Hoglund, AP Phyo… - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Artemisinin and partner-drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum are major
threats to malaria control and elimination. Triple artemisinin-based combination therapies …

Antimalarial drug resistance: a threat to malaria elimination

D Menard, A Dondorp - Cold Spring …, 2017 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Increasing antimalarial drug resistance once again threatens effective antimalarial drug
treatment, malaria control, and elimination. Artemisinin combination therapies (ACTs) are …

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 …

New developments in anti-malarial target candidate and product profiles

JN Burrows, S Duparc, WE Gutteridge… - Malaria journal, 2017 - Springer
A decade of discovery and development of new anti-malarial medicines has led to a
renewed focus on malaria elimination and eradication. Changes in the way new anti …

The spread of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in the Greater Mekong subregion: a molecular epidemiology observational study

M Imwong, K Suwannasin, C Kunasol… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Evidence suggests that the PfKelch13 mutations that confer artemisinin
resistance in falciparum malaria have multiple independent origins across the Greater …