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Shin-Ichiro Tachibana
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Open AccessDevelopment of a rapid scabies immunodiagnostic assay based on transcriptomic analysis of Sarcoptes scabiei var. nyctereutis
Scabies is a highly contagious skin disease caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei that affects many mammals. However, the sensitivity of traditional tests for scabies diagnosis in humans is less than 50%. To simpl...
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Open AccessRecovery and stable persistence of chloroquine sensitivity in Plasmodium falciparum parasites after its discontinued use in Northern Uganda
Usage of chloroquine was discontinued from the treatment of Plasmodium falciparum infection in almost all endemic regions because of global spread of resistant parasites. Since the first report in Malawi, numerou...
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Open AccessLack of significant recovery of chloroquine sensitivity in Plasmodium falciparum parasites following discontinuance of chloroquine use in Papua New Guinea
Chloroquine treatment for Plasmodium falciparum has been discontinued in almost all endemic regions due to the spread of resistant isolates. Reversal of chloroquine susceptibility after chloroquine discontinuatio...
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Open AccessAbsence of in vivo selection for K13 mutations after artemether–lumefantrine treatment in Uganda
Individual drug treatment may select resistant parasites in the human body, a process termed in vivo selection. Some single nucleotide polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine-resistance transporter (pf...
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Open AccessPlasmodium cynomolgi genome sequences provide insight into Plasmodium vivax and the monkey malaria clade
Jane Carlton, Kazuyuki Tanabe and colleagues report the draft genome sequences of three Plasmodium cynomolgi strains isolated from infected monkeys. Their comparative genomic analysis with P. vivax and P. knowles...
