Surveillance to track and characterize antimalarial resistance trends in ugandan plasmodium falciparum parasites (startup)

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R01AI173557
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$8,885,393

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93.855 Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research
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San Francisco, CA 94110, USA

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Abstract
New studies in uganda and rwanda have reported increasing prevalence of mutations in PFKELCH13 (K13) associated with delayed parasite clearance following clinical or in vitro treatment with artemisinins, suggesting that fears that resistance of plasmodium falciparum to artemisinins will emerge in africa, where >90% of malaria cases and deaths occur, have been realized. However, the extent of resistance to components of artemisinin-based combination therapies (acts) is not well understood. Our ongoing research activities and well-established infrastructure in uganda put US in a unique position to rapidly address urgent needs for improved surveillance and characterization of resistance to artemisinins and partner drugs in uganda. Benefitting from a network of 80 surveillance sites across the country and modern laboratories in kampala and tororo, we will use molecular, parasitological and epidemiological approaches a) to evaluate the origins, prevalence and distribution of known markers of artemisinin and act partner drug resistance and to characterize the genetic background(s) that facilitate the establishment and spread of resistance phenotypes, b) assess associations between genotypes and drug susceptibility/fitness phenotypes, and c) assess ecological and epidemiological factors that facilitate the evolution of resistance. With resistance to important drugs still geographically focal, our goal is to identify key drivers of its emergence and spread, and then to promptly inform public health leaders on the best means of blunting the spread of resistance across africa.

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Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration IDRC will lead field work, including patient recruitment, patient enrollment and consenting, sample collection, and performing ex vivo drug susceptibility… $113,391
The Regents Of The University Of California. San Francisco This project aims to better characterize drug resistance genotypes and phenotypes, and to characterize ecological and epidemiological factors associated with… $221,858
University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill UNC PI will support whole genome sequencing activities for P. falciparum isolates in the project. He will be involved in data analysis, interpretation and… $133,206
University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) will enter a sub-contract with the University of California- San Francisco (UCSF) for conducting work… $135,353
Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration Train personnel for regular collection and sampling of both parasites and from a number of sites throughout Uganda. Molecular characterization of resistance… $407,588
Dominican University Of California This collaborative project between University of California, San Francisco, Dominican University of California and the IDRC of Uganda, will study parasites… $30,830
The Trustees Of Columbia University In The City Of New York Prepared as part of the sub-contract from UCSF (Multi-PIs: Dr. Melissa Conrad and Philip Rosenthal) to Columbia University Medical Center (PI: David A.… $131,600

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Who received award R01AI173557?

R01AI173557 was awarded to The Regents Of The University Of California. San Francisco by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (National Institutes of Health) on December 20, 2022.

How much is award R01AI173557 worth?

$8,885,393 has been obligated on R01AI173557.

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