Monday, December 15, 2014

Drug-resistant malaria: the world's next big health crisis? - TRFN

CDC photo of two "Anopheles gambiae" mosquitoes the principal vector of malaria in Africa By Astrid Zweynert MIN SAW, Myanmar (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Ka Lar Nar caught malaria for the sixth time when he was working away from home on his small farm in the jungle of south-eastern Myanmar but this time it was a lot harder to get rid of it. After testing positive for malaria he got a three-day course of drugs from a community health volunteer in his village but even though his fever subsided, he continued to be plagued by headaches and another test still showed positive results. ...








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