Spread of malaria resistance spurs debate on fighting disease

News that resistance to artemisinin combination drugs – the frontline response against malaria – is spreading has spurred debate on whether a new approach is needed to counter the disease and other serious threats to human health. …

Artemisinin drug-resistant P falciparum C580Y mutant malaria parasites have now spread across the entire Mekong sub-region, the scientists said in a letter to ‘The Lancet Infectious Diseases“. …

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Jim Pollard