title: Potential biomarkers and their applications for rapid and reliable detection of malaria.
abstract: Malaria has been responsible for the highest mortality in most malaria endemic countries. Even after decades of malaria control campaigns, it still persists as a disease of high mortality due to improper diagnosis and rapidly evolving drug resistant malarial parasites. For efficient and economical malaria management, WHO recommends that all malaria suspected patients should receive proper diagnosis before administering drugs. It is thus imperative to develop fast, economical, and accurate techniques for diagnosis of malaria. In this regard an in-depth knowledge on malaria biomarkers is important to identify an appropriate biorecognition element and utilize it prudently to develop a reliable detection technique for diagnosis of the disease. Among the various biomarkers, plasmodial lactate dehydrogenase and histidine-rich protein II (HRP II) have received increasing attention for developing rapid and reliable detection techniques for malaria. The widely used rapid detection tests (RDTs) for malaria succumb to many drawbacks which promotes exploration of more efficient economical detection techniques. This paper provides an overview on the current status of malaria biomarkers, along with their potential utilization for developing different malaria diagnostic techniques and advanced biosensors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781039, India.
authors.forename: Priyamvada
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781039, India.
authors.forename: Babina
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chakma
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781039, India.
authors.forename: Sanjukta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Patra
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781039, India.
authors.forename: Pranab
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Goswami
mesh_terms: D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015415:Biomarkers; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine; D006801:Humans; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008288:Malaria / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D015415:Biomarkers; C514457:HRP-2 antigen, Plasmodium falciparum; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase