How does resistance of malarial parasite to antimalarial drugs occur?

How does resistance of malarial parasite to antimalarial drugs occur?

• Failure of the parasite to absorb the drug
• Formation of inaccessible forms during its development life cycle in man (tissue hypnozoites)
• Parasite may use alternative biosynthetic pathway not affected by the drug.
• The parasite tissue may become tolerant to drug molecules
• parasite may produce enzymes that destroy the drug

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