Evidence of Artemisinin-Resistant Malaria in Africa
Author(s) -
Betty Balikagala,
Naoyuki Fukuda,
Mie Ikeda,
Osbert T. Katuro,
ShinIchiro Tachibana,
Masato Yamauchi,
Walter Opio,
Sakurako Emoto,
Denis A. Anywar,
Eisaku Kimura,
Nirianne Palacpac,
Emmanuel Igwaro Odongo-Aginya,
Martin Ogwang,
Toshihiro Horii,
Toshihiro Mita
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa2101746
Subject(s) - artemisinin , malaria , virology , plasmodium falciparum , biology , immunology
In the six Southeast Asian countries that make up the Greater Mekong Subregion, Plasmodium falciparum has developed resistance to derivatives of artemisinin, the main component of first-line treatments for malaria. Clinical resistance to artemisinin monotherapy in other global regions, including Africa, would be problematic.
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