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Published online 29 July 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2009.750

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Malaria becoming more drug resistant

Artemisinin-based medicines fail a growing number of patients in Cambodia.

Katharine Sanderson

Malaria parasites in Cambodia are becoming increasingly resistant to the drug hailed as the world's best chance to eradicate the disease.

Artemisinin-based drugs are currently the best weapon against malaria, a disease which kills around a million people every year and is spread by mosquitoes carrying malaria parasites such as Plasmodium falciparum.

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  • Malaria is now a global problem. Malaria vaccine is now only effective solution. Research being done by world scientific bodies specially by ICGEB in the direction of developing vaccine need to fully suported & funded. Anurag chaurasia, NBAIM, ICAR, India

    • 30 Jul, 2009
    • Posted by: Anurag Chaurasia