New Drug-Resistant Strain of Malaria Threatens Kenya

November 13, 2012 from Al Jazeera English

Scientists in Kenya have found evidence of a new strain of malaria that appears to be resistant to the world's most effective drugs. A similar parasite has been found along Thailand's border with Myanmar. Now, there is concern that the strain may be spreading. Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports from Kenya's eastern coast.

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Malaria

Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease of humans and other animals caused by protists of the genus Plasmodium. It begins with a bite from an infected female Anopheles mosquito, which introduces the protists through saliva into the circulatory system. In the blood, the ... Explore this topic

Drug resistance

Drug resistance is the reduction in effectiveness of a drug such as an antimicrobial or an antineoplastic in curing a disease or condition. When the drug is not intended to kill or inhibit a pathogen, then the term is equivalent to dosage failure or drug tolerance. More common... Explore this topic

Kenya

Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a sovereign state in East Africa. The capital and largest city is Nairobi. Kenya lies on the equator with the Indian Ocean to the south-east, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, South Sudan to the north-west, Ethiopia to the n... Explore this topic

Artemisinin

Artemisinin, also known as Qinghaosu, and its derivatives are a group of drugs that possess the most rapid action of all current drugs against Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Treatments containing an artemisinin derivative are now standard treatment worldwide for P. falciparum ... Explore this topic

Mosquito-borne disease

Mosquitoes are important vectors in the transmission of animal diseases. Mosquito-borne diseases involve the transmission of viruses and parasites from animal-to-animal, animal-to-person, or person-to-person, without afflicting the insect vectors with symptoms of disease. Explore this topic

Thailand

Ang Kaharian ng Thailand ay isang bansa sa Timog-silangang Asya, napapaligiran ng Laos at Cambodia sa silangan, the Golpo ng Thailand at Malaysia sa timog, at Dagat Andaman at Myanmar sa kanluran. Nakilala ang Thailand bilang Siam, na naging opisyal na pangalan hanggang Mayo 1... Explore this topic

Myanmar

Burma, also known as Myanmar, is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia bordered by China, Thailand, India, Laos and Bangladesh. One-third of Burma's total perimeter of 1,930 kilometres forms an uninterrupted coastline along the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. Its population o... Explore this topic

World Health Organization

The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health. It was established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, and is a member of the United Nations Development Group. Its predecesso... Explore this topic

Mosquito

Hyttyset ovat kaksisiipisten hyönteisten heimo, johon kuuluu monia verta imeviä lajeja. Puhekielessä hyttysiä kutsutaan usein "sääskiksi". Tieteellisessä kielessä kaikki hyttyset ovat sääskiä mutta kaikki sääsket eivät ole hyttysiä: sääsket ovat kaksisiipisten alalahko, jonka ... Explore this topic

Al Jazeera English

Al Jazeera English is an international 24-hour English-language news and current affairs TV channel headquartered in Doha, Qatar. It is the sister channel of the Arabic-language Al Jazeera. The station broadcasts news features and analysis, documentaries, live debates, current... Explore this topic

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