Malaria parasites in patients from a small village in western Cambodia are responding more slowly than usual to treatment with Artesunate. Indeed, some patients (33-50% in one clinical trial) still have circulating parasites 4-5 days post treatment when clearance normally occurs in 2-3 days.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8072742.stm
Listen here to a report this morning on the BBC radio 4 'Today' programme.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8073000/8073222.stm
Prof Brian Greenwood from the LSHTM provides commentary after the report.
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We need to pay attention with this kind of disease because it can kill a lot of people.
ReplyDeleteIf you are living in a malaria prone place like Cambodia, you should test yourselves whether you are infected or not. Many people have been using elisakits to detect antibodies and illnesses in a person.