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DRUG RESISTANCE IN APICOMPLEXAN PARASITES 399<br />

DRUG RESISTANCE IN<br />

APICOMPLEXAN PARASITES<br />

Plasmodium and chemotherapy<br />

Of all parasitic diseases, malaria is at the forefront<br />

in terms of its ability to inflict devastating<br />

effects on the human population. In fact it has<br />

been eloquently argued that malaria represents<br />

one of the most profound influences in the<br />

shaping of the human genome, so devastating<br />

is its impact on human survival. Despite the<br />

optimistic ambitions of the 1960s to completely<br />

eradicate malaria, it is now clear that eradication<br />

is not realistically achievable. Furthermore,<br />

the gradual erosion in the effectiveness of all<br />

available control measures has seen a resurgence<br />

in the incidence of malaria worldwide.<br />

FIGURE 16.1 Main biochemical drug resistance mechanisms. A simplified scheme of drug-resistance mechanisms<br />

found in parasites is illustrated. Specific examples of each type of mechanism are discussed in the text.<br />

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS

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