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ReviewParasitology2014

Antimalarial drug discovery - the path towards eradication.

Jeremy N Burrows, Emilie Burlot, Brice Campo, Stephanie Cherbuin, Sarah Jeanneret, Didier Leroy, Thomas Spangenberg, David Waterson, Timothy Nc Wells, Paul Willis

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Parasitology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
48citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The possibilities and challenges associated with selective targetingTransactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. Royal Society of South Africa · 2025
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  3. The human malaria-Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2024
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  7. Translation inhibition efficacy does not determine thebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023
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  8. Synthesis and antimalarial activity of amide and ester conjugates of siderophores and ozonides.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2023
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  17. Anti-Research in pharmaceutical sciences · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Jeremy N BurrowsMedicines for Malaria Venture, ICC, 20 Route de Pré-Bois - PO Box 1826, 1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland.
Emilie BurlotMedicines for Malaria Venture, ICC, 20 Route de Pré-Bois - PO Box 1826, 1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland.
Brice CampoMedicines for Malaria Venture, ICC, 20 Route de Pré-Bois - PO Box 1826, 1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland.
Stephanie CherbuinMedicines for Malaria Venture, ICC, 20 Route de Pré-Bois - PO Box 1826, 1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland.
Sarah JeanneretMedicines for Malaria Venture, ICC, 20 Route de Pré-Bois - PO Box 1826, 1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland.
Didier LeroyMedicines for Malaria Venture, ICC, 20 Route de Pré-Bois - PO Box 1826, 1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland.
Thomas SpangenbergMedicines for Malaria Venture, ICC, 20 Route de Pré-Bois - PO Box 1826, 1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland.
David WatersonMedicines for Malaria Venture, ICC, 20 Route de Pré-Bois - PO Box 1826, 1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland.
Timothy Nc WellsMedicines for Malaria Venture, ICC, 20 Route de Pré-Bois - PO Box 1826, 1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland.
Paul WillisMedicines for Malaria Venture, ICC, 20 Route de Pré-Bois - PO Box 1826, 1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland.

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malaria is a disease that still affects a significant proportion of the global human population. Whilst advances have been made in lowering the numbers of cases and deaths, it is clear that a strategy based solely on disease control year on year, without reducing transmission and ultimately eradicating the parasite, is unsustainable. This article highlights the current mainstay treatments alongside a selection of emerging new clinical molecules from the portfolio of Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) and our partners. In each case, the key highlights from each research phase are described to demonstrate how these new potential medicines were discovered. Given the increased focus of the community on eradicating the disease, the strategy for next generation combination medicines that will provide such potential is explained.

Indexed as

Drug DiscoveryAntimalarialsClinical Trials as TopicDisease EradicationDrug CombinationsDrug DesignHumansLife Cycle StagesMalariaPlasmodium falciparumPlasmodium vivaxStructure-Activity RelationshipAntimalarialsDrug Combinations

Identifiers

PMID23863111
PMCPMC3884835

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