Abstract
The 65th annual American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene meeting was held in Atlanta, GA, USA, on Nov 13–17. Marco De Ambrogi reports. Genetic markers associated with dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine failure in Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Cambodia: a genotype–phenotype association studyThe exo-E415G SNP and plasmepsin 2–3 amplification are markers of piperaquine resistance and dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine failures in Cambodia, and can help monitor the spread of these phenotypes into other countries of the Greater Mekong subregion, and elucidate the mechanism of piperaquine resistance. Since plasmepsins are involved in the parasite’s haemoglobin-to-haemozoin conversion pathway, targeted by related antimalarials, plasmepsin 2–3 amplification probably mediates piperaquine resistance. Full-Text PDF Open AccessA surrogate marker of piperaquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a phenotype–genotype association studyPiperaquine resistance in Cambodia is strongly associated with amplification of plasmepsin 2–3, encoding haemoglobin-digesting proteases, regardless of the location. Multicopy plasmepsin 2 constitutes a surrogate molecular marker to track piperaquine resistance. A molecular toolkit combining plasmepsin 2 with K13 and mdr1 monitoring should provide timely information for antimalarial treatment and containment policies. Full-Text PDF Open Access
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