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ReviewInfection and drug resistance2020

Antimalarial Drug Resistance and Novel Targets for Antimalarial Drug Discovery.

Melkamu Adigo Shibeshi, Zemene Demelash Kifle, Seyfe Asrade Atnafie

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Review in Infection and drug resistance, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
64citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
13.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

64 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 176 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Melkamu Adigo ShibeshiDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Zemene Demelash KifleDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0001-7030-2782
Seyfe Asrade AtnafieDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0002-8262-0590
University of Gondar · ET

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malaria is among the most devastating and widespread tropical parasitic diseases in which most prevalent in developing countries. Antimalarial drug resistance is the ability of a parasite strain to survive and/or to multiply despite the administration and absorption of medicine given in doses equal to or higher than those usually recommended. Among the factors which facilitate the emergence of resistance to existing antimalarial drugs: the parasite mutation rate, the overall parasite load, the strength of drug selected, the treatment compliance, poor adherence to malaria treatment guideline, improper dosing, poor pharmacokinetic properties, fake drugs lead to inadequate drug exposure on parasites, and poor-quality antimalarial may aid and abet resistance. Malaria vaccines can be categorized into three categories: pre-erythrocytic, blood-stage, and transmission-blocking vaccines. Molecular markers of antimalarial drug resistance are used to screen for the emergence of resistance and assess its spread. It provides information about the parasite genetics associated with resistance, either single nucleotide polymorphisms or gene copy number variations which are associated with decreased susceptibility of parasites to antimalarial drugs. Glucose transporter PfHT1, kinases (Plasmodium kinome), food vacuole, apicoplast, cysteine proteases, and aminopeptidases are the novel targets for the development of new antimalarial drugs. Therefore, this review summarizes the antimalarial drug resistance and novel targets of antimalarial drugs.

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antimalarialdrug resistancenovel targetsvaccines

Identifiers

PMID33204122
PMCPMC7666977
OpenAlexW3103944492

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