Ugandan study finds children with severe malaria show resistance to key drug artemisinin.

A recent study in Uganda has found that some children with severe malaria are developing resistance to artemisinin, a critical antimalarial drug. Eleven out of 100 children showed partial resistance, and some experienced relapses after treatment. This is the first documented resistance in African children with severe malaria, raising concerns about the efficacy of current treatments and the need for new drugs to combat the disease.

November 14, 2024
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