[Articles] Origins of the current outbreak of multidrug-resistant malaria in southeast Asia: a retrospective genetic study

The KEL1/PLA1 co-lineage emerged in the same year that dihydroartemisinin –piperaquine became the first-line antimalarial drug in western Cambodia and spread rapidly thereafter, displacing other artemisinin-resistant parasite lineages. These findings have important implications for management of the global health risk associated with the current outbreak of multidrug-re sistant malaria in southeast Asia.

Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - February 1, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Roberto Amato, Richard D Pearson, Jacob Almagro-Garcia, Chanaki Amaratunga, Pharath Lim, Seila Suon, Sokunthea Sreng, Eleanor Drury, Jim Stalker, Olivo Miotto, Rick M Fairhurst, Dominic P Kwiatkowski Tags: Articles Source Type: research