A novel Modulator of Ring Stage Translation (MRST) gene alters artemisinin sensitivity in Plasmodium falciparum

ABSTRACT The implementation of artemisinin (ART) combination therapies (ACTs) has greatly decreased deaths caused by Plasmodium falciparum malaria, but increasing ACT resistance in Southeast Asia and Africa could reverse this progress. Parasite population genetic studies have identified numerous gen...

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Main Authors: Caroline Simmons, Justin Gibbons, Chengqi Wang, Camilla Valente Pires, Min Zhang, Faiza Siddiqui, Jenna Oberstaller, Debora Casandra, Andreas Seyfang, Liwang Cui, Thomas D. Otto, John H. Adams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-08-01
Series:mSphere
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msphere.00152-23