... Road, London, UKMalaria is a major health hazard in tropical and sub-tropical areas around the world. In Africa alone, everyyear over a million children under the age of 5 yearsdie of malaria ... cultures of P. falciparum on the expression of para-site antioxidant defense genes at the transcription level. The highest degree of G6PD-6PGL silencing achieved was 86% at the mRNA level, with ... superoxide anionand hydrogen peroxide, respectively, showed five- andthreefold down-regulation. After 96 h of incubation inthe presence of pyrimethamine, levels of G6PD-6PGLexpression were still...