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Paul-André Genest, PhD Managing Editor, Malaria Nexus   Latest News     Posted on 12 October 2012 Cipla’s artesunate and mefloquine drug combination meets World Health Organization (WHO)’s standards The artesunate and mefloquine combination drug made by the pharmaceutical company Cipla has recently been pre-qualified by the WHO.   Posted on 12 October 2012 Use of mobile phones to track malaria A team of researchers used mobile phone data and malaria prevalence information to analyze the dynamics of human malaria carriers that drive parasite importation between regions in Kenya.   Posted on 12 October 2012 Novel agreement between GenVec and NMRC to help foster development of malaria vaccine candidates GenVec recently signed a $3.5 million contract with the Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) to advance its malaria vaccine program.   Posted on 08 October 2012 The genome sequence of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium cynomolgi: Interview with Dr Jane Carlton In this podcast interview, Dr Jane Carlton discusses her work recently published in two Nature Genetics articles which describe the sequence of the genome of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium cynomolgi.   Feature Articles   Posted on 12 October 2012 Toward understanding the role of mitochondrial complex II in the intraerythrocytic stages of Plasmodium falciparum: Gene targeting of the Fp subunit Parasitology International, Volume 61, Issue 4, December 2012, Pages 726-728 Takeshi Q Tanaka, Makoto Hirai, Yoh-ichi Watanabe, Kiyoshi Kita   Posted on 12 October 2012 Polyamine uptake by the intraerythrocytic malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum International Journal for Parasitology, Volume 42, Issue 10, September 2012, Pages 921-929 J Niemand, AI Louw, L Birkholtz, K Kirk   Posted on 12 October 2012 Synthesis and antimalarial activity of new haemanthamine-type derivatives Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, Volume 20, Issue 18, 15 September 2012, Pages 5464-5472 Juan C Cedrón, David Gutiérrez, Ninoska Flores, Ángel G Ravelo, Ana Estévez-Braun   Posted on 12 October 2012 Pyrethroid resistance in Anopheles gambiae from the rubber cultivated area of Niete, South Region of Cameroon Acta Tropica, Volume 124, Issue 3, December 2012, Pages 210-214 Jude D Bigoga, Derek N Ndangoh, Parfait H Awono-Ambene, Salomon Patchoke, Etienne Fondjo, Rose GF Leke

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