Overview

Artemisinin Resistance in Cambodia

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2007-02-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The principal aim of this project is to investigate reports of developing artemisinin resistance in Cambodia using an integrated in vivo - in vitro approach to examine recent alarming reports of treatment failures with advanced combination therapies along the Thai-Cambodian border, which could have major impact on the malaria situation in the affected areas as well as the rest of the malaria-endemic world.
Phase:
N/A
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Medical University of Vienna
Collaborators:
Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Thailand
Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System
National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control
Treatments:
Artemisinine
Artemisinins
Artesunate