Monday 15 April 2013

MALARIA: Weekly Update from Malaria Nexus 12 April 2013


 
Amyris discovers a new way for producing large amounts of artemisinin

Amyris discovers a new way for producing large amounts of artemisinin
The company Amyris described this week in the journal Nature a revolutionizing technology for the generation of high quantities of the antimalarial artemisinin.
 
A combination of tetrandrine and chloroquine effectively treats chloroquine-resistant malaria in monkeys
Posted on 11 April 2013
A combination of tetrandrine and chloroquine effectively treats chloroquine-resistant malaria in monkeys
A study recently published in the Malaria Journal shows the effectiveness of a tetrandrine and chloroquine drug combination in vivo.
 
Feature Articles
 
Posted on 11 April 2013
Mobile phones and malaria: Modeling human and parasite travel
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, Volume 11, Issue 1, January–February 2013, Pages 15-22
Caroline O. Buckee, Amy Wesolowski, Nathan N. Eagle, Elsa Hansen, Robert W. Snow
 
Posted on 11 April 2013
Impact of environment on mosquito response to pyrethroid insecticides: Facts, evidences and prospects
Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Volume 43, Issue 4, April 2013, Pages 407-416
Theresia Estomih Nkya, Idir Akhouayri, William Kisinza, Jean-Philippe David
 
Posted on 11 April 2013
Diversity of mitochondrial genome structure in the phylum Apicomplexa
Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, Volume 188, Issue 1, March 2013, Pages 26-33
Kenji Hikosaka, Kiyoshi Kita, Kazuyuki Tanabe
 
Posted on 11 April 2013
Identification of novel rhoptry neck protein of Plasmodium falciparum
Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, Volume 188, Issue 1, March 2013, Pages 34-39
Nidhi Hans, Shailja Singh, S.K. Jain, Virander S. Chauhan

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