Elimination of Plasmodium falciparum in an area of multi‑drug resistance

• Main Authors: Lwin, Khin Maung, Mallika Imwong, Preyanan Suangkanarat, Atthanee Jeeyapant, Benchawan Vihokhern, Klanarong Wongsaen, Georges Snounou, Lilly Keereecharoen, White, Nicholas J, Francois Nosten
• Other Authors: Mahidol University. Faculty of Tropical Medicine. Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Open Access article; Plasmodium falciparum; drug; resistance
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/3094
• Institution: Mahidol University

Background: Resistance to the artemisinin derivatives in Plasmodium falciparum has emerged in Cambodia and is now spreading throughout South-East Asia. The rapid elimination of P. falciparum seems to be the only viable option to avoid a public health disaster but this is difficult because even in...