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ArticlePeerJ2024

Malaria: biochemical, physiological, diagnostic, and therapeutic updates.

Enas El Saftawy, Mohamed F Farag, Hossam H Gebreil, Mohamed Abdelfatah, Basma Emad Aboulhoda, Mansour Alghamdi, Emad A Albadawi, Marwa Ali Abd Elkhalek

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Article in PeerJ, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Enas El SaftawyDepartment of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Giza, Egypt.
Mohamed F FaragDepartment of Medical Physiology, Armed Forces College of Medicine, Cairo, Giza, Egypt.
Hossam H GebreilDepartment of Medical Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Armed Forces College of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt.
Mohamed AbdelfatahDepartment of Medical Physiology, Armed Forces College of Medicine, Cairo, Giza, Egypt.
Basma Emad AboulhodaDepartment of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Giza, Egypt.
Mansour AlghamdiDepartment of Anatomy, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Emad A AlbadawiDepartment of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Taibah University, Madinah, Saudi Arabia.
Marwa Ali Abd ElkhalekDepartment of Medical Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Armed Forces College of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Malaria has been appraised as a significant vector-borne parasitic disease with grave morbidity and high-rate mortality. Several challenges have been confronting the efficient diagnosis and treatment of malaria. Method: Google Scholar, PubMed, Web of Science, and the Egyptian Knowledge Bank (EKB) were all used to gather articles. Results: Diverse biochemical and physiological indices can mirror complicated malaria e.g., hypoglycemia, dyslipidemia, elevated renal and hepatic functions in addition to the lower antioxidant capacity that does not only destroy the parasite but also induces endothelial damage. Multiple trials have been conducted to improve recent points of care in malaria involving biosensors, lap on-chip, and microdevices technology. Regarding recent therapeutic trials, chemical falcipain inhibitors and plant extracts with anti-plasmodial activities are presented. Moreover, antimalaria nano-medicine and the emergence of nanocarrier (either active or passive) in drug transportation are promising. The combination therapeutic trials e.g., amodiaquine + artemether + lumefantrine are presented to safely counterbalance the emerging drug resistance in addition to the Tafenoquine as a new anti-relapse therapy. Conclusion: Recognizing the pathophysiology indices potentiate diagnosis of malaria. The new points of care can smartly manipulate the biochemical and hematological alterations for a more sensitive and specific diagnosis of malaria. Nano-medicine appeared promising. Chemical and plant extracts remain points of research.

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AntimalarialsArtemisininsMalariaMalaria, FalciparumHumansPlant ExtractsAntimalarialsArtemisininsPlant ExtractsBiochemicalCombination treatmentMalariaNanomedicinePhysiologicalPlant extractPoint of care

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PMID38529311
PMCPMC10962339

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