Clinical trials of chemotherapy for falciparum malaria

Abstract

Plasmodium falciparum remains one of the World’s most prevalent and devastating pathogens. Mainly for economic reasons, the parasite’s ability to develop resistance to drugs has not been matched by the rate at which new compounds are developed. Even so, there are new drugs (or new combinations of old drugs) currently under investigation, or in the process of development (at the moment):

• clinical trials
• falciparum malaria
• therapy