Publication: Progress and challenges in the use of fluorescence‐based flow cytometric assays for anti‐malarial drug susceptibility tests
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2021-12-01
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14752875
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Mahidol University
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Malaria Journal. Vol.20, No.1 (2021)
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Kasem Kulkeaw Progress and challenges in the use of fluorescence‐based flow cytometric assays for anti‐malarial drug susceptibility tests. Malaria Journal. Vol.20, No.1 (2021). doi:10.1186/s12936-021-03591-8 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/77187
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Progress and challenges in the use of fluorescence‐based flow cytometric assays for anti‐malarial drug susceptibility tests
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Drug-resistant Plasmodium is a frequent global threat in malaria eradication programmes, highlighting the need for new anti-malarial drugs and efficient detection of treatment failure. Plasmodium falciparum culture is essential in drug discovery and resistance surveillance. Microscopy of Giemsa-stained erythrocytes is common for determining anti-malarial effects on the intraerythrocytic development of cultured Plasmodium parasites. Giemsa-based microscopy use is conventional but laborious, and its accuracy depends largely on examiner skill. Given the availability of nucleic acid-binding fluorescent dyes and advances in flow cytometry, the use of various fluorochromes has been frequently attempted for the enumeration of parasitaemia and discrimination of P. falciparum growth in drug susceptibility assays. However, fluorochromes do not meet the requirements of being fast, simple, reliable and sensitive. Thus, this review revisits the utility of fluorochromes, notes previously reported hindrances, and highlights the challenges and opportunities for using fluorochromes in flow cytometer-based drug susceptibility tests. It aims to improve drug discovery and support a resistance surveillance system, an essential feature in combatting malaria.