Malaria -- Worldwide/Unknown
A drug widely used to cure malaria has failed for the 1st time in patients being treated in Britain, raising questions over whether the parasite is becoming resistant to drugs, researchers said on [Tue 31 Jan 2017].
The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) said in a study that 4 patients who contracted malaria in Angola, Liberia, and Uganda had to seek alternative medicines after the drug they were given to combat the mosquito-borne disease failed.
"This is concerning
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