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Tue 02 Feb 2009Resistant strain may render anti-malaria drug useless
A FRONT-LINE anti-malaria drug currently used around the world could become useless unless an emerging pocket of drug resistance in Southeast Asia is contained, an expert has warned.
Artemisinin therapy is widely used to treat malaria, which is caused by a blood-borne parasite.
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