How genomics is contributing to the fight against artemisinin-resistant malaria parasites

Pedro Cravo; Hamilton Napolitano; Richard Culleton

doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.04.007

How genomics is contributing to the fight against artemisinin-resistant malaria parasites

Pedro Cravo, Hamilton Napolitano, Richard Culleton

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Abstract

Plasmodium falciparum, the malignant malaria parasite, has developed resistance to artemisinin, the most important and widely used antimalarial drug at present. Currently confined to Southeast Asia, the spread of resistant parasites to Africa would constitute a public health catastrophe. In this review we highlight the recent contributions of genomics to our understanding how the parasite develops resistance to artemisinin and its derivatives, and how resistant parasites may be monitored and tracked in real-time, using molecular approaches.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-7
Number of pages	7
Journal	Acta Tropica
Volume	148
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.04.007
Publication status	Published - Aug 2015

Keywords

Africa
Animals
Antimalarials
Artemisinins
Asia, Southeastern
Drug Resistance
Genomics
Humans
Malaria, Falciparum
Plasmodium falciparum
Journal Article
Review

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How genomics is contributing to the fight against artemisinin-resistant malaria parasites

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