New drug-resistant Malaria has ‘terrifying prospect’ of spreading to Africa – Researchers

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The drug-resistant parasite is rapidly spreading in South East Asia, according to researchers from the UK and Thailand.

Malaria parasites resistant to key drugs, which were identified in parts of Asia, now has “terrifying prospect” of spreading to Africa, new findings suggest.Tuesday how the drug-resistant parasite is rapidly spreading in South East Asia, according to researchers from the UK and Thailand.

“This strain has spread and has become worse,” Roberto Amato, from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, told BBC News.Malaria is one of the most endemic diseases in the world, claiming over 400,000 babies and thousands of pregnant women.

 

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