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| Title |
Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes: with a view to a kill
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Parasitology, August 2013
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| DOI | 10.1017/s0031182013001236 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
ALICE S. BUTTERWORTH, TINA S. SKINNER-ADAMS, DON L. GARDINER, KATHARINE R. TRENHOLME |
| Abstract |
Drugs that kill or inhibit the sexual stages of Plasmodium in order to prevent transmission are important components of malaria control programmes. Reducing gametocyte carriage is central to the control of Plasmodium falciparum transmission as infection can result in extended periods of gametocytaemia. Unfortunately the number of drugs with activity against gametocytes is limited. Primaquine is currently the only licensed drug with activity against the sexual stages of malaria parasites and its use is hampered by safety concerns. This shortcoming is likely the result of the technical challenges associated with gametocyte studies together with the focus of previous drug discovery campaigns on asexual parasite stages. However recent emphasis on malaria eradication has resulted in an upsurge of interest in identifying compounds with activity against gametocytes. This review examines the gametocytocidal properties of currently available drugs as well as those in the development pipeline and examines the prospects for discovery of new anti-gametocyte compounds. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 90 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 88 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 23% |
| Researcher | 20 | 22% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 9 | 10% |
| Unknown | 15 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 26 | 29% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 13 | 14% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 11% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 6 | 7% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 6 | 7% |
| Other | 10 | 11% |
| Unknown | 19 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 August 2013.
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#2,054
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