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Malaria parasite still local: study


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The results of a two-year study have found that the parasite plasmodium falciparum, which first emerged in Cambodia in 2008 and is resistant to the most potent antimalarial drugs, remains confined to Southeast Asia and has not spread to Sub-Saharan Africa.

The new findings were revealed in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday, which said the revelations were made after the first global mapping of resistance to artemisinin, currently the primary drug used to treat the parasite.

An international consortium supported by the World Health Organization conducted research in 59 malaria endemic countries over the past two years.

read more http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/malaria-parasite-still-local-study

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