Article taken: http://www.dddmag.com/news/2015/04/hope-effective-malaria-therapy-just-one-tablet Approximately 584,000 people worldwide die of malaria each year. The epidemic strongly associated with poverty claims most of its victims in Africa, where it particularly affects the weakest, children and pregnant women. Current therapies have to be taken…
Increased Dosing of Malaria Drug in Children May Lower Infection Risk
Piperaquine is a long-acting malaria drug that kills residual parasites and decreases the risk of reinfection. A study led by Uppsala University researcher Martin Bergstrand shows that increasing the dose used in children could potentially decrease the yearly incidence of malaria…