Impact of Extended Duration of Artesunate Treatment on Parasitological Outcome in a Cytocidal Murine Malaria Model.

Artemisinin-based combination therapies are a key pillar in global malaria control and are recommended as a first-line treatment. They rely upon a rapid 4-log-unit reduction in parasitemia by artemisinin compounds with a short half-life and the killing of remaining parasites by a partner compound with a longer half-life. Current treatment guidelines stipulate giving three 24-h-interval doses or six 12-h-interval doses over a 3-day period.

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Vpr polymorphisms associated with progressor and nonprogressor individuals alter Vpr-associated functions.

Following infection with Human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) there is a remarkable variation in virus replication and disease progression. Both host and viral factors have been implicated in the observed differences in disease status. Here, we focus on understanding the contribution of HIV-1 viral protein R (Vpr) by evaluating the disease-associated Vpr polymorphism and its biological functions from HIV-1 positive rapid progressor (RP) and long-term nonprogressor (LTNP) subjects.

Quantification of multiple infections of Plasmodium falciparum in vitro.

Background: Human malaria infections caused by the parasite Plasmodium falciparum often contain more than one genetically distinct parasite. Despite this fact, nearly all studies of multiple strain P. falciparum infections have been limited to determining relative densities of each parasite within an infection.

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Vpr: oligomerization is an essential feature for its incorporation into virus particles.

HIV-1 Vpr, a nonstructural viral protein associated with virus particles, has a positive role in the efficient transport of PIC into the nucleus of non-dividing target cells and enhances virus replication in primary T cells. Vpr is a 96 amino acid protein and the structure by NMR shows three helical domains. Vpr has been shown to exist as dimers and higher order oligomers.