Friday, February 26, 2010

Drug-resistant malaria 'growing' in Cambodia

Thursday, 25 February 2010
By Guy DeLauney, Phnom Penh
BBC News

Parasites are developing resistance to one of the most important anti-malaria drugs, according to experts.
Artimisinin has been highly effective, particularly in places where resistance to other drugs has developed.
But now some patients along Cambodia's border with Thailand are taking longer to respond to the treatment.

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