Culture Method for Antimalarial Drugs Screen in the Field.

and cultivation of has facilitated active research into the malaria parasite toward the quest for basic knowledge and the discovery of effective drug treatments. Such a drug discovery program is currently difficult for simply because of the absence of and cultivation system for its asexual blood stages supporting antimalarial evaluation. Despite availability of artemisinin combination therapies effective on , is being increasingly detected in malaria endemic countries. is responsible for chronic infections and is associated with a high burden of anemia and morbidity. Here, we optimized and adapted conditions under which can be cultured and used for screening antimalarial drugs. Subsequently, this enabled us to test compounds such as artemether, chloroquine, lumefantrine, and quinine for antimalarial activity against .