Can malaria parastie resistance to an important drug spread?

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1106213

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Malaria is a major global health issue. Drugs are a key weapon against the disease, but resistance eventually emerges and spreads, rendering a succession of drugs useless. We have preliminary evidence that resistance to a safe and cheap drug is unable to spread. We believe drug resistant parasites die when attempting to transmit from person to person via the mosquito vector. Inability to spread resistance would make this drug extremely valuable in the fight against malaria.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2016

End Date: 01-01-2019

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $689,168.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Infection Agents (incl. Prions)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

malaria drug resistance | mitochondria | mitochondrial respiration | plasmodium | vector-borne disease

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