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Malaria Drug Resistance Spreading to Wider Geographic Area

February 20, 2015 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

The world’s best drug for treating malaria, a medicine that is the key to saving millions of lives in Africa and beyond, is losing its efficacy in a much larger swath of territory than was previously known, according to research that was released Friday.The study, in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, a medical journal, raises the troubling prospect that resistance to the drug, artemisinin, might one … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria News Tagged With: Drug Resistant Malaria

Drug Resistance May Make Malaria Parasite Less Resistant to Other Substances

June 4, 2013 By Malaria.com 1 Comment

Malaria parasites that develop resistance to the most effective class of anti-malarial drugs may become susceptible to other treatments as a result. The discovery could reveal potential new drug options, which would be essential in the event of resistance to the best anti-malarials. In a new study, researchers have shown how the anti-malarials artemisinins attack the malaria parasite by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria News Tagged With: Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies, cyclopiazonic acid (CPA), Drug Resistant Malaria, Sanjeev Krishna, St George’s, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, University of London

Drug-Resistant Malaria Threatens Effort to Control Disease

April 11, 2012 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

A team of researchers from the United States and Thailand says the growing number of cases of drug-resistant malaria being reported in Thailand and neighboring countries threatens the worldwide campaign to control and eliminate the mosquito-borne disease. The malaria parasite in the region is becoming resistant to the first-line malaria therapy - artemisinin combination treatment - and experts say … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria News Tagged With: artemisinin combination treatment, drug resistance, Drug Resistant Malaria

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