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Enhanced cell stress response and protein degradation capacity underlie artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum.
mSphere - 21 Nov 2024
Rosenthal Melissa R, Vijayrajratnam Sukhithasri, Firestone Tessa M, Ng Caroline L
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Malaria remains a global health burden, killing over half a million people each year. Decreased therapeutic efficacy to artemisinin, the most efficacious antimalarial, has been detected in sub-Saharan Africa, a worrying fact given that over 90% of deaths occur on this continent. Mutations in Kelch13 are the most well-established molecular marker for artemisinin resistance, but these do not explain all...
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