Translational Approaches for the Detection and Treatment of Malaria
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2022) | Viewed by 3408
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Although the mortality owing to malaria has been decreasing over the past fifteen years, the rate at which it is decreasing is slowing yearly and appears to have reached a plateau. This is in part the result of the spread of resistance to anti-malarial drugs, with certain parasites containing multiple resistance markers and hence becoming difficult to treat. Therefore, there is a pressing need for new antimalarials and new target molecules for the development of these antimalarials. Another important hurdle in the fight against malaria is emergence of parasites lacking the markers used in rapid diagnostic test, allowing these parasites to go undetected. Such a selective advantage will likely spread quickly and requires an in-depth investigation of the role of the marker proteins and a search for potential new marker proteins.
The aim of this Special Issue is to provide a forum for the latest research on the development of new antimalarials, discovery of new drug targets and new ways of detecting malaria parasites. Original research articles and review articles are welcome. The collected works in this Special Issue will thus help researchers explore the new approaches that will be key in further decreasing the burden of malaria.
Dr. Christiaan van Ooij
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Malaria
- Antimalarial drug development
- Rapid Diagnostic Testing
- Plasmodium
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