Open AccessThe Community As the Patient in Malaria-Endemic Areas: Preempting Drug Resistance with Multiple First-Line Therapies
Author(s) -
Maciej F. Boni,
Nicholas J. White,
J. Kevin Baird
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
plos medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.847
H-Index - 228
eISSN - 1549-1676
pISSN - 1549-1277
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001984
Subject(s) - malaria , drug resistance , medicine , intensive care medicine , drug , first line , biology , immunology , pharmacology , microbiology and biotechnology
Maciej F. Boni and colleagues propose deploying multiple first-line combination therapies against malaria within a community to delay drug-resistance evolution.