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Published on 2025-11-13 11:25:56
Doctors in Gabon say a new single-dose malaria treatment could help curb the disease’s growing resistance to existing drugs.
Led by Dr Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma at the Medical Research Centre of Lambaréné, researchers tested a one-time treatment combining four widely available anti-malarial compounds — sulfadoxine, pyrimethamine, artesunate and pyronaridine.
The new drug cleared malaria parasites in 93% of patients, matching the success of the standard three-day regimen.
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