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ArticleFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2023

Microwaves can kill malaria parasites non-thermally.

Lorena M Coronado, José A Stoute, Christopher T Nadovich, Jiping Cheng, Ricardo Correa, Kevin Chaw, Guadalupe González, Maytee Zambrano, Rolando A Gittens, Dinesh K Agrawal and 3 more

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Article in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Prophylactic Effect of Microwave Radiation onJournal of parasitology research · 2025
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  3. Cell Death ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Lorena M CoronadoBiomedical Physics and Engineering Unit, Center of Cellular and Molecular Biology of Diseases (CBCMe), Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología (INDICASAT AIP), Panama City, Panama.
José A StouteDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States.
Christopher T NadovichElectrical and Computer Engineering, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, United States.
Jiping ChengDepartment of Material Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States.
Ricardo CorreaBiomedical Physics and Engineering Unit, Center of Cellular and Molecular Biology of Diseases (CBCMe), Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología (INDICASAT AIP), Panama City, Panama.
Kevin ChawBiomedical Physics and Engineering Unit, Center of Cellular and Molecular Biology of Diseases (CBCMe), Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología (INDICASAT AIP), Panama City, Panama.
Guadalupe GonzálezBiomedical Physics and Engineering (BiomedφEngine) Group, Panama City, Panama.
Maytee ZambranoBiomedical Physics and Engineering (BiomedφEngine) Group, Panama City, Panama.
Rolando A GittensBiomedical Physics and Engineering Unit, Center of Cellular and Molecular Biology of Diseases (CBCMe), Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología (INDICASAT AIP), Panama City, Panama.
Dinesh K AgrawalDepartment of Material Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States.
William D JemisonWallace H. Coulter School of Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, United States.
Carlos A Donado MorcilloBiomedical Physics and Engineering Unit, Center of Cellular and Molecular Biology of Diseases (CBCMe), Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología (INDICASAT AIP), Panama City, Panama.
Carmenza SpadaforaBiomedical Physics and Engineering Unit, Center of Cellular and Molecular Biology of Diseases (CBCMe), Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología (INDICASAT AIP), Panama City, Panama.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malaria, which infected more than 240 million people and killed around six hundred thousand only in 2021, has reclaimed territory after the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Together with parasite resistance and a not-yet-optimal vaccine, the need for new approaches has become critical. While earlier, limited, studies have suggested that malaria parasites are affected by electromagnetic energy, the outcomes of this affectation vary and there has not been a study that looks into the mechanism of action behind these responses. In this study, through development and implementation of custom applicators for

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COVID-19MalariaMalaria, FalciparumParasitesAnimalsHumansMammalsMicrowavesPlasmodium falciparumSARS-CoV-2calcium signalingelectromagnetic fieldselectromagnetismmalariamicrowaves (MW)Plasmodium falciparumRadio frequencies (RF)therapeutic

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