Plasmodium knowlesi: the game changer for malaria eradication

WC Lee, FW Cheong, A Amir, MY Lai, JH Tan… - Malaria Journal, 2022 - Springer
Plasmodium knowlesi is a zoonotic malaria parasite that has gained increasing medical
interest over the past two decades. This zoonotic parasitic infection is prevalent in Southeast …

Immunity against sexual stage Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax parasites

RM de Jong, SK Tebeje… - Immunological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The efficient spread of malaria from infected humans to mosquitoes is a major challenge for
malaria elimination initiatives. Gametocytes are the only Plasmodium life stage infectious to …

Vaccination with Plasmodium vivax Duffy-binding protein inhibits parasite growth during controlled human malaria infection

MM Hou, JR Barrett, Y Themistocleous… - Science translational …, 2023 - science.org
There are no licensed vaccines against Plasmodium vivax. We conducted two phase 1/2a
clinical trials to assess two vaccines targeting P. vivax Duffy-binding protein region II …

[HTML][HTML] The molecular basis of antimalarial drug resistance in Plasmodium vivax

LE Buyon, B Elsworth, MT Duraisingh - International Journal for …, 2021 - Elsevier
Plasmodium vivax is the most geographically widespread cause of human malaria and is
responsible for the majority of cases outside of the African continent. While great progress …

[HTML][HTML] In vitro models for human malaria: targeting the liver stage

AL Valenciano, MG Gomez-Lorenzo… - Trends in …, 2022 - cell.com
The Plasmodium liver stage represents a vulnerable therapeutic target to prevent disease
progression as the parasite resides in the liver before clinical representation caused by …

Distinctive genetic structure and selection patterns in Plasmodium vivax from South Asia and East Africa

ED Benavente, E Manko, J Phelan, M Campos… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Despite the high burden of Plasmodium vivax malaria in South Asian countries, the genetic
diversity of circulating parasite populations is not well described. Determinants of …

Cutting back malaria: CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing of Plasmodium

MCS Lee, SE Lindner, JJ Lopez-Rubio… - Briefings in functional …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
CRISPR/Cas9 approaches are revolutionizing our ability to perform functional genomics
across a wide range of organisms, including the Plasmodium parasites that cause malaria …

Vaccines and monoclonal antibodies: new tools for malaria control

K Miura, Y Flores-Garcia, CA Long… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Malaria remains one of the biggest health problems in the world. While significant reductions
in malaria morbidity and mortality had been achieved from 2000 to 2015, the favorable trend …

Plasmodium vivax Reticulocyte Binding Proteins for invasion into reticulocytes

LJ Chan, MH Dietrich, W Nguitragool… - Cellular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Plasmodium vivax is responsible for most of the malaria infections outside Africa and is
currently the predominant malaria parasite in countries under elimination programs. P. vivax …

[HTML][HTML] Controlled human malaria infection with a clone of Plasmodium vivax with high-quality genome assembly

AM Minassian, Y Themistocleous, SE Silk, JR Barrett… - JCI insight, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Controlled human malaria infection (CHMI) provides a highly informative means to
investigate host-pathogen interactions and enable in vivo proof-of-concept efficacy testing of …