Strains of malaria resistant to two key anti-malarial medicines are becoming more dominant in Vietnam, Laos and northern Thailand after spreading ...
LONDON: Strains of malaria resistant to two key anti-malarial medicines are becoming more dominant in Vietnam, Laos and northern Thailand after spreading rapidly from Cambodia, scientists warned on Monday .
Malaria is caused by Plasmodium parasites which are carried by mosquitoes and spread through their blood-sucking bites. Malaria can be successfully treated with medicines if it's caught early enough, but resistance to anti-malarial drugs is growing in many parts of the world, especially in Southeast Asia.The first-line treatment for malaria in many parts of Asia in the last decade has been a combination of dihydroartemisinin and piperaquine, also known as DHA-PPQ.
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