"Plasmodium falciparum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of protozoa that is the causal agent of falciparum malaria (MALARIA, FALCIPARUM). It is most prevalent in the tropics and subtropics.
| Descriptor ID |
D010963
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.043.075.380.611.561
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Plasmodium falciparum" by people in Profiles.
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Stage-specific pharmacodynamic chloroquine and pyronaridine action on artemisinin ring-stage resistant Kelch C580Y mutation Plasmodium falciparum correlates to hemozoin inhibition process. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2025 Jan 31; 69(1):e0120824.
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Inhibiting protein synthesis to treat malaria. Science. 2022 06 03; 376(6597):1049-1050.
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A second mechanism employed by artemisinins to suppress Plasmodium falciparum hinges on inhibition of hematin crystallization. J Biol Chem. 2021 Jan-Jun; 296:100123.
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Antimalarials inhibit hematin crystallization by unique drug-surface site interactions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 07 18; 114(29):7531-7536.