Khalid Beshir BSc MSc

Research Assistant

BSc in Biology and MSc in Medical Parasitology.

PhD student under the supervision of Dr Colin Sutherland.

Affiliation

Research

Currently, I am involved in the investigation and identification of potential molecular markers for ACT resistance  in Plasmodium falciparum. I have recently developed a realtime qPCR assay for measuring parasite clearance after drug treatment. I am currently using the assay to measure parasite clearance on DNA derived from filter paper based bloodspots, which came from an ACT clinical trial in Africa.

Research areas

  • Drug resistance
  • Parasites

Disciplines

  • Molecular biology
  • Molecular epidemiology
  • Parasitology

Disease and Health Conditions

  • Infectious disease

Other interests

  • ACT
  • AQ
  • Drug Efficacy
  • Parasite Clearance
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