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Plasmodium vivax presenting as acute glomerulonephritis in a 3-year-old child

Author(s): 
Girish Chandra Bhatt, Devki Nandan, Vivek Dewan, and Soumya Dey
Reference: 
Trop Doct January 2012 vol. 42 no. 1 63-64
Contact email: 
devkinandan2002@yahoo.com

MalariaWorldAlthough acute glomerulonephritis is a rare complication of Plasmodium falciparum malaria, it has not been reported in connection with Plasmodium vivax.

Preliminary enquiry into the availability, price and quality of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in the private health sector of six malaria-endemic countries

Author(s): 
A. Albertini, D. Djalle, B. Faye, D. Gamboa, J. Luchavez, M. L. Mationg, G. Mwangoka, W. Oyibo, J. Bennett, S. Incardona and E. Lee
Reference: 
Tropical Medicine & International Health, Volume 17, Issue 2, pages 147–152, February 2012

MalariaWorldIn the private outlets sampled, the availability of RDTs was limited. Some of the RDTs whose quality we tested demonstrated inadequate sensitivity.

Production of amorphadiene in yeast, and its conversion to dihydroartemisinic acid, precursor to the antimalarial agent artemisinin

Author(s): 
Patrick J. Westfall, Douglas J. Pitera, Chris J. Paddon, et al.
Reference: 
PNAS January 17, 2012 vol. 109 no. 3 E111-E118
Contact email: 
newman@amyris.com

MalariaWorldMalaria, caused by Plasmodium sp, results in almost one million deaths and over 200 million new infections annually.

Anti-malarial, anti-trypanosomal, and anti-leishmanial activities of jacaranone isolated from Pentacalia desiderabilis (Vell.) Cuatrec. (Asteraceae)

Author(s): 
Thiago R. Morais, Paulete Romoff, Marcelo J. P. Ferreira, et al.
Reference: 
Parasitology Research, Volume 110, Number 1, 95-101
Contact email: 
marcelopena@mackenzie.br

MalariaWorldLeishmaniasis, Chagas disease, and malaria affect the poorest population around the world, with an elevated mortality and morbidity.

Synthesis, docking and in vitro antimalarial evaluation of bifunctional hybrids derived from β-lactams and 7-chloroquinoline using click chemistry

Author(s): 
Pardeep Singh, Parvesh Singh, Malkeet Kumar, Jiri Gut, Philip J. Rosenthal, Kewal Kumar, Vipan Kumar, Mohinder P. Mahajan, Krishna Bisetty
Reference: 
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, Volume 22, Issue 1, 1 January 2012, Pages 57-61
Contact email: 
vipan_org@yahoo.com

MalariaWorld1,2,3-Triazole tethered β-lactam and 7-chloroquinoline bifunctional hybrids were synthesized and evaluated as potential antimalarial agents.

Open Access | Poor quality vital anti-malarials in Africa - an urgent neglected public health priority

Author(s): 
Newton PN, Green MD, Fernandez FM, et al.
Reference: 
Malaria Journal 2011, 10:352 (13 December 2011)
Contact email: 
paul@tropmedres.ac

http://www.pnas.org/content/108/50/20113.abstractCriminals are producing diverse harmful anti-malarial counterfeits with important public health consequences.

Absolute Bioavailability of cis-Mirincamycin and trans-Mirincamycin in Healthy Rhesus Monkeys and Ex Vivo Antimalarial Activity against Plasmodium falciparum

Author(s): 
Phisit Khemawoot, David Saunders, Maneerat Rasameesoraj, Victor Melendez, Rawiwan Imerbsin, Colin Ohrt, Susan Fracisco, and Paktiya Teja-isavadharm
Reference: 
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2011 vol. 55 no. 12 5881-5886
Contact email: 
david.saunders@afrims.org

MalariaWorldThe pharmacokinetics, oral bioavailability, and ex vivo antimalarial activity of mirincamycin isomers in a healthy rhesus monkey model were assessed to support lead optimization of novel nonhemolytic drugs for radical cure and causal prophylaxis of malaria.

Digestive vacuoles of Plasmodium falciparum are selectively phagocytosed by and impair killing function of polymorphonuclear leukocytes

Author(s): 
Prasad Dasari, Karina Reiss, Klaus Lingelbach, Stefan Baumeister, Ralph Lucius, Rachanee Udomsangpetch, Sebastian Chakrit Bhakdi, and Sucharit Bhakdi
Reference: 
Blood November 3, 2011 vol. 118 no. 18 4946-4956
Contact email: 
sbhakdi@uni-mainz.de

MalariaWorldSequestration of parasitized erythrocytes and dysregulation of the coagulation and complement system are hallmarks of severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

Open Access | Case management of malaria fever in Cambodia: results from national anti-malarial outlet and household surveys

Author(s): 
Littrell M, Gatakaa H, Phok S, Allen H, Yeung S, Chuor CM, Dysoley L, Socheat D, Spiers A, White C, Shewchuk T, Chavasse D, O'Connell KA
Reference: 
Malaria Journal 2011, 10:328 (31 October 2011)
Contact email: 
mlittrell@psi.org

MalariaWorldWhile data on the anti-malarial market shows favourable progress towards replacing artemisinin monotherapies with ACT, the widespread use of drug cocktails to treat malaria is a barrier to effective case management.

Antimalarial activity of imidazo[2,1-a]isoindol-5-ol derivatives and related compounds

Author(s): 
Esther del Olmo, Bianca Barboza, Arturo San Feliciano, et al.
Reference: 
European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Volume 46, Issue 11, November 2011, Pages 5379-5386
Contact email: 
olmo@usal.es

MalariaWorldThe synthesis of several series of imidazo[2,1-a]isoindol-5-ol derivatives and the results of their evaluation against Plasmodium falciparum are presented and discussed.

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