Publication
Title
Drug resistance in vectorborne parasites : multiple actors and scenarios for an evolutionary arms race
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Abstract
Drug-resistant pathogens emerge faster than new drugs come out of drug discovery pipelines. Current and future drug options should therefore be better protected, requiring a clear understanding of the factors that contribute to the natural history of drug resistance. Although many of these factors are relatively well understood for most bacteria, this proves to be more complex for vectorborne parasites. In this review, we discuss considering three key models (Plasmodium, Leishmania and Schistosoma) how drug resistance can emerge, spread and persist. We demonstrate a multiplicity of scenarios, clearly resulting from the biological diversity of the different organisms, but also from the different modes of action of the drugs used, the specific within- and between-host ecology of the parasites, and environmental factors that may have direct or indirect effects. We conclude that integrated control of drug-resistant vectorborne parasites is not dependent upon chemotherapy only, but also requires a better insight into the ecology of these parasites and how their transmission can be impaired.
Language
English
Source (journal)
FEMS microbiology: reviews / Federation of European Microbiological Societies. - Amsterdam
Publication
Amsterdam : 2014
ISSN
0168-6445 [print]
1574-6976 [online]
DOI
10.1111/1574-6976.12032
Volume/pages
38 :1 (2014) , p. 41-55
ISI
000329301600002
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
New tools for monitoring drug resistance and treatment response in visceral leishmaniasis in the Indian subcontinent. (KALADRUG-R).
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Creation 06.02.2014
Last edited 04.03.2024
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