Detection of Plasmodium falciparum male and female gametocytes and determination of parasite sex ratio in human endemic populations by novel, cheap and robust RTqPCR assays [PDF]
The presence of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes in peripheral blood is essential for human to mosquito parasite transmission. The detection of submicroscopic infections with gametocytes and the estimation of the gametocyte sex ratio are crucial to ...
Alano, Pietro +8 more
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Polymorphic antigens in Plasmodium falciparum [PDF]
5 years, a large number of these antigens have been cloned so that they may be investigated for their potential as components of a malaria vaccine. As a result of the sequencing studies on these cloned genes or gene fragments, a large amount of information has been obtained concerning the primary structural characteristics of Plasmodium fa/ciparum’ For
R F, Anders, J A, Smythe
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BCKDH: the missing link in apicomplexan mitochondrial metabolism is required for full virulence of Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium berghei [PDF]
While the apicomplexan parasites Plasmodium falciparum and Toxoplasma gondii are thought to primarily depend on glycolysis for ATP synthesis, recent studies have shown that they can fully catabolize glucose in a canonical TCA cycle.
Barrett, Michael P. +11 more
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Background: Malaria in Pakistan is a serious public health problem and thrombocytopenia can serve as diagnostic predictive marker. Objective: The objective of present study was to find out the frequency of plasmodium vivax and falciparum in malaria ...
Maliha Ajmal +5 more
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The role of Plasmodium falciparum var genes in malaria in pregnancy [PDF]
Sequestration of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes in the placenta is responsible for many of the harmful effects of malaria during pregnancy. Sequestration occurs as a result of parasite adhesion molecules expressed on the surface of infected ...
Andrews +51 more
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The ability to identify mixed-species infections and track the origin of Plasmodium parasites can further enhance the development of treatment and prevention recommendations as well as outbreak investigations.
Sarah E Schmedes +4 more
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Mode of action and choice of antimalarial drugs for intermittent preventive treatment in infants.
Intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) is an effective and safe malaria control strategy. However, it remains unclear what antimalarials should be used to replace sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) when and where SP is no longer an effective ...
Cairns, Matthew +5 more
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Plasmodium Vivax Infection Impersonating Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria
A 73-year-old woman came to the casualty ward with symptoms of syncopal attacks, weakness, fever with chills and rigors. A provisional diagnosis of Plasmodium vivax malaria was made after the blood investigations. She had deranged renal function tests, altered sensorium and low platelet count. Repeated tests for P. falciparum (Card test) were negative.
Sweta, Kakaraparthi, Raghunath, Prabhu
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Artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum [PDF]
Benoit Witkowski and colleagues reported a simple and rapid in vitro method to detect artemisinin resistance of P falciparum. They show that the slow clearance of parasites by artemisinin combination therapies is a result of a drop in susceptibility among young ring form parasites whereas susceptibility is maintained in mature stages.
Lun, Zhao-Rong +2 more
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Promiscuous stimulation of HSP70 ATPase activity by parasite‐derived J‐domains
The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum exports three highly homologous yet functionally divergent J‐domain proteins into human erythrocytes. Here, we show that J‐domains isolated from all three proteins effectively stimulate the ATPase activity of both endogenous host and exported parasite HSP70 chaperones.
Julian Barth +6 more
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