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 …

Role of cytochrome P450s in insecticide resistance: impact on the control of mosquito-borne diseases and use of insecticides on Earth

JP David, HM Ismail… - … Transactions of the …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The fight against diseases spread by mosquitoes and other insects has enormous
environmental, economic and social consequences. Chemical insecticides remain the first …

Chloroquine modulates antitumor immune response by resetting tumor-associated macrophages toward M1 phenotype

D Chen, J **e, R Fiskesund, W Dong, X Liang… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Resetting tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) is a promising strategy to ameliorate the
immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment and improve innate and adaptive antitumor …

Chloroquine resistance evolution in Plasmodium falciparum is mediated by the putative amino acid transporter AAT1

A Amambua-Ngwa, KA Button-Simons, X Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Malaria parasites break down host haemoglobin into peptides and amino acids in the
digestive vacuole for export to the parasite cytoplasm for growth: interrupting this process is …

Independent Emergence of Artemisinin Resistance Mutations Among Plasmodium falciparum in Southeast Asia

S Takala-Harrison, CG Jacob, C Arze… - The Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background. The emergence of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Southeast
Asia threatens malaria treatment efficacy. Mutations in a kelch protein encoded on P …

Chloroquine-resistant malaria

TE Wellems, CV Plowe - The Journal of infectious diseases, 2001 - academic.oup.com
The development of chloroquine as an antimalarial drug and the subsequent evolution of
drug-resistant Plasmodium strains had major impacts on global public health in the 20th …

Review of malaria situation in Cameroon: technical viewpoint on challenges and prospects for disease elimination

C Antonio-Nkondjio, C Ndo, F Njiokou, JD Bigoga… - Parasites & vectors, 2019 - Springer
Malaria still has a devastating impact on public health and welfare in Cameroon. Despite the
increasing number of studies conducted on disease prevalence, transmission patterns or …

Artemisinin-based combination therapies: a vital tool in efforts to eliminate malaria

RT Eastman, DA Fidock - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2009 - nature.com
Plasmodium falciparum resistance to chloroquine and sulphadoxine–pyrimethamine has led
to the recent adoption of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) as the first line of …

Mefloquine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum and increased pfmdr1 gene copy number

RN Price, AC Uhlemann, A Brockman, R McGready… - The Lancet, 2004 - thelancet.com
Summary Background The borders of Thailand harbour the world's most multidrug resistant
Plasmodium falciparum parasites. In 1984 mefloquine was introduced as treatment for …

[HTML][HTML] A review of the frequencies of Plasmodium falciparum Kelch 13 artemisinin resistance mutations in Africa

L Ndwiga, KM Kimenyi, K Wamae, V Osoti… - International Journal for …, 2021 - Elsevier
Artemisinin resistance (AR) emerged in South East Asia 13 years ago and the identification
of the resistance conferring molecular marker, Plasmodium falciparum Kelch 13 (Pfk13), 7 …