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Malaria infection involves the complex interaction between the host and pathogen, thus, functional interactions between human and <jats:italic>Plasmodium falciparum<\/jats:italic> is essential to obtain a holistic view of the genetic architecture of malaria. Several functional interaction studies have extended the understanding of malaria disease and integrating such datasets would provide further insights towards understanding drug resistance and\/or genetic resistance\/susceptibility, disease pathogenesis, and drug discovery.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>This study curated and analysed data including pathogen and host selective genes, host and pathogen protein sequence data, protein\u2013protein interaction datasets, and drug data from literature and databases to perform human-host and <jats:italic>P. falciparum<\/jats:italic> network-based analysis. An integrative computational framework is presented that was developed and found to be reasonably accurate based on various evaluations, applications, and experimental evidence of outputs produced, from data-driven analysis.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>This approach revealed 8 hub protein targets essential for parasite and human host-directed malaria drug therapy. In a semantic similarity approach, 26 potential repurposable drugs involved in regulating host immune response to inflammatory-driven disorders and\/or inhibiting residual malaria infection that can be appropriated for malaria treatment. Further analysis of host\u2013pathogen network shortest paths enabled the prediction of immune-related biological processes and pathways subverted by <jats:italic>P. falciparum<\/jats:italic> to increase its within-host survival.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Host\u2013pathogen network analysis reveals potential drug targets and biological processes and pathways subverted by <jats:italic>P. falciparum<\/jats:italic> to enhance its within malaria host survival. 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