Recent gains in the fight against malaria are threatened by the emergence and spread of
artemisinin and partner drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum in the Greater Mekong …

The battle between man and malaria has continued for thousands of years. Antimalarial
drugs are essential weapons to fight the disease, but their efficacy is threatened by drug …

Summary Background Artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum threatens to reduce
the efficacy of artemisinin combination therapies (ACTs), thus compromising global efforts to …

Summary Background The RTS, S/AS01 malaria vaccine targets the circumsporozoite
protein, inducing antibodies associated with the prevention of Plasmodium falciparum …

Western Cambodia is recognized as the epicenter of Plasmodium falciparum multidrug
resistance. Recent reports of the efficacy of dihydroartemisinin (DHA)-piperaquine (PP), the …

This document is a PDF generated from the WHO Guidelines for malaria hosted on the
MAGICapp online platform: https://app. magicapp. org/#/guideline/6287. Each time the …

Two hundred and seventy four asymptomatic Ghanaian school-children aged 5 to 17 years
were screened for malaria parasites by examination of blood films. One hundred and fifty …

Malaria disproportionately affects children younger than 5 years. Falciparum malaria is
responsible for more than 200 000 child deaths per year in Africa and vivax malaria is well …

Antimalarial drugs have usually been first deployed in areas of malaria endemicity at doses
which were too low, particularly for high-risk groups such as young children and pregnant …

Background Chemoprevention offers a promising strategy for prevention of malaria in
African children. However, the optimal chemoprevention drug and dosing strategy is unclear …