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Resistance to front-line malaria drugs confirmed in Africa

The artemisinin-based treatments are taking longer to clear infections. But they are still working — for now.
  1. Max Kozlov
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Scientists have confirmed that malaria parasites in Africa have developed resistance to a key family of drugs used to protect against them.

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Nature 597, 604 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02592-6

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