Insights into the intracellular localization, protein associations and artemisinin resistance properties of Plasmodium falciparum K13.
The emergence of artemisinin (ART) resistance in Plasmodium falciparum intra-erythrocytic parasites has led to increasing treatment failure rates with first-line ART-based combination therapies in Southeast Asia. Decreased parasite susceptibility is caused by K13 mutations, which are associated clin...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-04-01
|
Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008482 |