Competitive suppression and release in artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum field isolates
Katelyn Vendrely Brenneman, Tarrick Qahash, Katherine A Beckman, François H Nosten, Michael T Ferdig · 2026
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Description
Katelyn Vendrely Brenneman and four co-authors race drug-tough and drug-weak malaria parasites head to head, with and without drug. Their study appeared in twenty twenty-six. Human cases often hold more than one strain at once, and which strain wins shapes spread. The strains came from the Thailand and Myanmar border, where part-tough strains now cause worry in Africa too.
Under a high drug dose, tough strains won, as one would expect. With no drug, wins split in mixed ways, and in one pair the winner flipped with drug care. The team reads this as proof that costs of toughness vary by strain pair. Such facts can guide steps to slow spread.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Katelyn Vendrely Brenneman, Tarrick Qahash, Katherine A Beckman, François H Nosten, Michael T Ferdig |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |