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08/19/2004:

"Drug-Resistant Malaria Brought to Africa from Asia"

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a new study, researchers present molecular evidence to show that malaria parasites in Africa that are resistant to the drug pyrimethamine actually originated in southeast Asia.

Previous reports have suggested that African strains resistant to chloroquine, another widely used anti-malaria drug, came from southeast Asia. In light of the new findings, the authors speculate that resistance to both drugs may have been brought to Africa by one malaria parasite from Asia.

Full Article : reuters.co.uk