The TWiP professors solve the case of the Ugandan Child with Splenomegaly, and reveal that mutations in the P. falciparum genome that confer artemisinin resistance interfere with endocytic uptake of hemoglobin.
The paratenic hosts reveal a case of scabies in the Traveling Salesman, and discuss a role for natural antibody in protection from infection with Plasmodium.
TWiP 35: Malaria control with David Fidock
- January 13, 2012
- Tagged as: artemisinin, chloroquine, drug resistance, malaria, parasite, parasitism, Plasmodium
Vincent and Dickson discuss control of malaria with their Columbia University colleague David Fidock.