Years after a malaria strain increasingly resistant to the most-effective drugs was confirmed from Cambodia in 2006, the artemisinin-resistant malaria has now been found to have spread along the Thailand-Burma border.
According to 10-year-long study published in the Lancet medical journal, the containment strategy will have to be reconsidered if the resistant parasites have spread to other parts as well.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/drug-resistant-malaria-likely-spread
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/teena-thacker
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/asian-age-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/malaria
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drugs
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cambodia
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/thailand
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/south-asia
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health
