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Paul-André Genest, PhD Managing Editor, Malaria Nexus   Latest News   Posted on 26 October 2012 Artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum reported in a second province in Cambodia! A study recently published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases reports a slower parasite clearance rate after artesunate treatment in patients from the province of Pursat.   Posted on 26 October 2012 The registration deadline for the EVIMalar course on Malaria Experimental Genetics is fast approaching! The course will be held between March 3-9, 2013 at the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, in Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom.   Posted on 26 October 2012 Malaria outbreak in Greece! Greece has reported a total of more than 70 cases of malaria since the beginning of the year.   Feature Articles   Posted on 26 October 2012 Artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Pursat province, western Cambodia: a parasite clearance rate study The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Volume 12, Issue 11, November 2012, Pages 851-858 Chanaki Amaratunga, Sokunthea Sreng, Seila Suon, Erika S Phelps, Kasia Stepniewska, Pharath Lim, Chongjun Zhou, Sivanna Mao, Jennifer M Anderson, Niklas Lindegardh, Hongying Jiang, Jianping Song, Xin-zhuan Su, Nicholas J White, et al.   Posted on 26 October 2012 Conformational co-dependence between Plasmodium berghei LCCL proteins promotes complex formation and stability Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, Volume 185, Issue 2, October 2012, Pages 170-173 Sadia Saeed, Annie Z Tremp, Johannes T Dessens   Posted on 26 October 2012 The walking dead: Is hydroethidine a suitable viability dye for intra-erythrocytic Plasmodium falciparum? Parasitology International, Volume 61, Issue 4, December 2012, Pages 731-734 Dewaldt Engelbrecht, Thérèsa Louise Coetzer   Posted on 26 October 2012 Antiplasmodial effect of the venom of Crotalus durissus cumanensis, crotoxin complex and Crotoxin B Acta Tropica, Volume 124, Issue 2, November 2012, Pages 126-132 JC Quintana, AM Chacón, L Vargas, C Segura, JM Gutiérrez, JC Alarcón

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