Warning: malaria medication does not work

london - A drug that is commonly used to treat malaria patients, it has not worked for the first time in the United Kingdom. That raises the question whether the parasite that causes the dreaded disease after transmission through a mosquito resistant to becoming. According to researchers at a specialized medical institution in London is an 'early warning' for Africa.

Four people who had contracted malaria in Angola, Liberia and Uganda did not reply to the administered medication and got a different agent. 'That's disturbing. It could indicate a larger story that is about to begin is in Africa. Then we need to quickly change some things, 'said an expert institute.

He called for more research into the effectiveness of the combination treatment artemether / lumefantrine, after also from Africa south of the Sahara have been reports of resistance to these drugs.