Parasite Resistance to Malaria

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Increasing concerns about the effectiveness of artemisinin against malaria has been raised. Plasmodium falciparum malaria increased resistance to most antimalirial drugs is becoming a global challenge in regard to the fight against malaria. Parasite resistance refers to the ability of a disease causing parasite to thrive, survive and reproduce regardless constant application of drugs aimed to suppress it action in the human body. Most antimalarial drugs has become ineffective causing wide human suffrage and increased social costs worldwide. The surfacing of antimalarial drug resistance is reliant on the rate of a spontaneous genetic change such as gene mutation. Parasite resistance to artemisinin has resulted to several factors. These include; failure of the patients to adhere to doctors prescription in regard to anti malarial drugs use, poor treatments practices and substandard form of drugs. This trend has caused researchers to think of new ways and procedures to curb the situation. In order to maintain artemisinin’s effectiveness against malaria, its usage must be scaled back and...

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