MicrobiologybioRxiv
Transmissibility of clinically relevant atovaquone-resistant Plasmodium falciparum by anopheline mosquitoes
V. A. Balta, D. Stiffler, A. Sayeed…·T. A. Shapiro
This study shows that atovaquone-resistant Plasmodium falciparum mutants have severe fitness costs in mosquitoes and fail to transmit to mice, reducing the risk of drug resistance spread.