{"id":113,"date":"2013-11-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new-blog.sitata.com\/2013\/11\/15\/malaria-drug-resistance-in-southeast-asia-bce2a114b073\/"},"modified":"2020-09-08T09:42:23","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T13:42:23","slug":"malaria-drug-resistance-in-southeast-asia-bce2a114b073","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sitata.com\/ar\/malaria-drug-resistance-in-southeast-asia-bce2a114b073\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaria drug resistance in Southeast Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nearly all the germs that infect us try to get around the treatments we use to defeat them. To battle the antibiotic, some bacteria will mutate or acquire genes from other bacteria to evade the antibiotic\u2019s effects. When we do not take an appropriate antibiotic for the particular bacteria or do not take the medicine as prescribed, we help the bacteria become resistant to the medication.<\/p>\n
The parasite that causes malaria is no different as it attempts to evade the treatments to eliminate it. Over the years, resistance to commonly used anti-malaria drugs has developed. The discovery and use of anti-malaria treatments using the drug artemisinin<\/strong><\/a> was a major milestone for fighting malaria. This drug has had a major impact on reducing deaths. However, the parasite began to develop resistance to this drug along the Thai-Cambodia border in 2003. More recently, resistance has been confirmed <\/a>along the Thai-Myanmar border, in Vietnam and southwest China. Resistance may be developing in Guyana and Suriname.<\/p>\n Resistance to artemisinin in these areas is a serious problem since there are no other anti-malarial drugs available to treat serious drug-resistant malaria. It is thought that resistance is the result of taking an inadequate dose of artemisinin or of counterfeit drugs with substandard doses of this medication.<\/p>\n Sitata is often asked if anti-malaria medications are really necessary. At Sitata, we feel strongly that using every measure to avoid mosquito bites while in malaria areas is extremely important, especially if artemisinin-resistant malaria has been reported in the area you are visiting. These measures include:<\/p>\n\n