Open source drug discovery: highly potent antimalarial compounds derived from the Tres Cantos arylpyrroles (Publications)
The development of new antimalarial compounds remains a pivotal part of the strategy for malaria elimination. Recent large-scale phenotypic screens have provided a wealth of potential starting points for
Validation of the protein kinase <em>Pf</em>CLK3 as a multistage cross-species malarial drug target (Publications)
target for drugs, with the potential to offer a cure-to be prophylactic and transmission blocking in malaria.
Comparison of cone bioassay estimates at two laboratories with different <em>Anopheles </em>mosquitoes for quality assurance of pyrethroid... (Publications)
insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) delivered to malaria-endemic countries is conducted by measuring physiochemical parameters, but not bioefficacy against malaria mosquitoes. This study explored utility of
<em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> sexual commitment rate variation among clinical isolates and diverse laboratory-adapted lines (Publications)
Asexual blood-stage malaria parasites must produce sexual progeny to infect mosquitoes. It is important to understand the scope and causes of intraspecific variation in sexual commitment rates, particularly [...] variation of this key reproductive trait that likely affects transmission. IMPORTANCE Only sexual-stage malaria parasites are transmitted from human blood to mosquitoes. Thus, it is vital to understand variations
Socio-cultural factors explaining timely and appropriate use of health facilities for degedege in south-eastern Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Convulsions is one of the key signs of severe malaria among children under five years of age, potentially leading to serious complications or death. Several studies of care-seeking behaviour [...] that facilities did not provide diagnosis. CONCLUSION: The findings from this sample from a highly malaria-endemic area give support to the more recent studies showing that children with convulsions are more
Predictive value of clinical and laboratory features for the main febrile diseases in children living in Tanzania: a prospective observational study (Publications)
also found: malaria could be ruled in by recent travel, typhoid by jaundice, radiological pneumonia by very fast breathing and UTI by fever duration of > /=4 days. The CART model for malaria included t
Comparison of molecular quantification of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> gametocytes by <em>Pfs</em>25 qRT-PCR and QT-NASBA in relation to mosquito... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Quantifying gametocyte densities in natural malaria infections is important to estimate malaria transmission potential. Two molecular methods (Pfs25 mRNA quantitative reverse transcriptase
Expression of the MSPDBL2 antigen in a discrete subset of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> schizonts is regulated by GDV1 but may not be linked to... (Publications)
requires further investigation in natural infections where it is under immune selection. IMPORTANCE: Malaria parasites in the blood are remarkably variable, able to switch antigenic targets so they may survive [...] developed specific immune responses. This is one of the challenges in developing vaccines against malaria. MSPDBL2 is a target of naturally acquired immunity expressed in minority proportions of schizonts
Strategies for conducting <em>Anopheles stephensi </em>surveys in non-endemic areas (Publications)
Anopheles stephensi, a malaria vector species previously only known from Asia, was first detected in Africa in Djibouti in 2012, has been subsequently collected in Ethiopia, Sudan, and Somalia, and may
The antimalarial MMV688533 provides potential for single-dose cures with a high barrier to <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> parasite resistance (Publications)
mode of action. This preclinical candidate may offer the potential for a single low-dose cure for malaria.