MALARIA: Weekly Update from Malaria Nexus 2013.11.30

Latest News   Posted on 22 November 2013 Novel assays to detect artemisinin-resistant malaria parasites An article recently published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases describes novel in vitro and ex vivo assays that allow rapid detection of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum.   Posted on 22 November 2013 The World Health Organization (WHO) updates its Malaria Vaccine Roadmap The update acknowledges that malaria epidemiological and control status has changed markedly since the first publication of the document in 2006.   Feature Articles   Posted on 21 November 2013 Tracking artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2013, Pages 999-1000 Carol Hopkins Sibley   Posted on 21 November 2013 Novel phenotypic assays for the detection of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Cambodia... The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2013, Pages 1043-1049 Benoit Witkowski, Chanaki Amaratunga, Nimol Khim, Sokunthea Sreng, Pheaktra Chim, Saorin Kim, Pharath Lim, Sivanna Mao, Chantha Sopha, Baramey Sam, Jennifer M Anderson, et al.   Posted on 21 November 2013 Evidence for genetic linkage between a polymorphism in the GNAS gene and malaria in South Indian population Acta Tropica, Volume 128, Issue 3, December 2013, Pages 571-577 Himanshu Gupta, Sanica C. Sakharwade, Arshia Angural, Ananthapadmanabha Kotambail, Gopal K. Bhat, Manjunath H. Hande, Sydney C. D'Souza, Purnima Rao, Veena Kumari, Abdul V. Saadi, Kapaettu Satyamoorthy   Posted on 21 November 2013 Plasmodium falciparum origin recognition complex subunit 1 (PfOrc1) functionally complements Δsir3 mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, Volume 191, Issue 1, September 2013, Pages 28-35 Shalu M. Varunan, Jaishree Tripathi, Sunanda Bhattacharyya, Tanvi Suhane, Mrinal Kanti Bhattacharyya

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