Can repurposing drugs play a role in malaria control?

Roland A. Cooper, Laura Kirkman

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Abstract

Innovative drug treatments for malaria, optimally with novel targets, are needed to combat the threat of parasite drug resistance. As drug development efforts continue, there may be a role for a host-targeting, repurposed cancer drug administered together with an artemisinin combination therapy that was shown to improve the speed of recovery from a malaria infection.

Original languageAmerican English
Article numbere20211512
JournalDefault journal
Volume218
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 6 2021

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Medicine

Keywords

  • Antimalarials
  • Artemisinins
  • Drug Repositioning
  • Drug Resistance
  • Microbial
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Imatinib Mesylate
  • Malaria
  • Falciparum
  • Plasmodium falciparum
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications
  • Parasitic

Disciplines

  • Parasitic Diseases

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