Antimalarial Drugs Clear Resistant Parasites from Partially Immune Hosts

AUTOR(ES)

Cravo, Pedro

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

Circumstantial evidence in human malaria suggests that elimination of parasites by drug treatment meets higher success rates in individuals having some background immunity. In this study, using the rodent malaria model Plasmodium chabaudi, we show that drug-resistant parasites can be cleared by drugs when the host is partially immune.

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