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] Assessing risks of Plasmodium falciparum resistance to select next-generation antimalarials

M Duffey, B Blasco, JN Burrows, TNC Wells… - Trends in …, 2021 - cell.com
Strategies to counteract or prevent emerging drug resistance are crucial for the design of
next-generation antimalarials. In the past, resistant parasites were generally identified …

Decreased susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum to both dihydroartemisinin and lumefantrine in northern Uganda

PK Tumwebaze, MD Conrad, M Okitwi, S Orena… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Artemisinin partial resistance may facilitate selection of Plasmodium falciparum resistant to
combination therapy partner drugs. We evaluated 99 P. falciparum isolates collected in 2021 …

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 …

Globally prevalent PfMDR1 mutations modulate Plasmodium falciparum susceptibility to artemisinin-based combination therapies

MI Veiga, SK Dhingra, PP Henrich, J Straimer… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Antimalarial chemotherapy, globally reliant on artemisinin-based combination therapies
(ACTs), is threatened by the spread of drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum parasites …

[HTML][HTML] Plasmodium falciparum resistance to ACTs: Emergence, mechanisms, and outlook

FA Siddiqui, X Liang, L Cui - … Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug …, 2021 - Elsevier
Emergence and spread of resistance in Plasmodium falciparum to the frontline treatment
artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) in the epicenter of multidrug resistance of …

Resistance to artemisinin combination therapies (ACTs): do not forget the partner drug!

C Nsanzabana - Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 2019 - mdpi.com
Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) have become the mainstay for malaria
treatment in almost all malaria endemic settings. Artemisinin derivatives are highly potent …

[HTML][HTML] Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) and drug resistance molecular markers: A systematic review of clinical studies from two malaria endemic …

A Arya, LPK Foko, S Chaudhry, A Sharma… - International Journal for …, 2021 - Elsevier
Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACT) are currently used as a first-line malaria
therapy in endemic countries worldwide. This systematic review aims at presenting the …

pfk13-Independent Treatment Failure in Four Imported Cases of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Treated with Artemether-Lumefantrine in the United Kingdom

CJ Sutherland, P Lansdell, M Sanders… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2017 - journals.asm.org
We present case histories of four patients treated with artemether-lumefantrine for falciparum
malaria in UK hospitals in 2015 to 2016. Each subsequently presented with recurrent …

Drug susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum in eastern Uganda: a longitudinal phenotypic and genotypic study

PK Tumwebaze, T Katairo, M Okitwi… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Treatment and control of malaria depends on artemisinin-based combination
therapies (ACTs) and is challenged by drug resistance, but thus far resistance to …