MALARIA RESISTANT TO ARTEMISININ AND PIPERAQUINE IS FOUND

摘要

Malaria that is resistant to both drugs contained in the combination dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine has been identified in patients in Cambodia for the first time, according to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases on 7 January 2016. Resistance to artemisinin is already well-documented but this is the first time parasites resistant to piperaquine have also been established in patients.