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Posted on 08 February 2013 Identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with artemisinin resistance in Southeast Asia An international team of scientists recently reported four SNPs associated with the delayed clearance of Plasmodium falciparum following artemisinin treatment.   Posted on 08 February 2013 Indian drugmaker Glenmark Pharmaceuticals launches anti-malarial drug in the United Kingdom Glenmark launched the drug following the revocation of GlaxoSmithKline's patent on Malarone (Atovaquone Proguanil) by the High Court of Britain this week.   Posted on 08 February 2013 16 million Euros raised with the help of the European Vaccine Initiative (EVI) to advance the development of vaccines against placental malaria Major grants from the European Commission and the German Federal Ministry of Research and Education have been recently awarded for the development of vaccine candidates against pregnancy-associated malaria.   Feature Articles   Posted on 08 February 2013 PfCRT and its role in antimalarial drug resistance Trends in Parasitology, Volume 28, Issue 11, November 2012, Pages 504-514 Andrea Ecker, Adele M. Lehane, Jérôme Clain, David A. Fidock   Posted on 08 February 2013 Primaquine to prevent transmission of falciparum malaria The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Volume 13, Issue 2, February 2013, Pages 175-181 Nicholas J White   Posted on 08 February 2013 Geneious plugins for the access of PlasmoDB and PiroplasmaDB databases Parasitology International, Volume 62, Issue 2, April 2013, Pages 134-136 Charles Ma, Svenja Gunther, Brian Cooke, Ross L. Coppel   Posted on 08 February 2013 Strain- and sex-specific differences in daily flight activity and the circadian clock of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes Journal of Insect Physiology, Volume 58, Issue 12, December 2012, Pages 1609-1619 Samuel S.C. Rund, Samuel J. Lee, Brian R. Bush, Giles E. Duffield

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