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Drug-resistant malaria has been detected at the Myanmar-India border and now poses an "enormous threat" to global health, scientists have said.
The ability of the malaria parasite to shrug off the effects of artemisinin has been spreading since it emerged in South East Asia.
Tests, published in Lancet Infectious Diseases, now show this resistance on the verge of entering India.
Experts said the development was "alarming".
Deaths from malaria have nearly halved since 2000, and the infection now kills about 584,000 people each year.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31533559
The ability of the malaria parasite to shrug off the effects of artemisinin has been spreading since it emerged in South East Asia.
Tests, published in Lancet Infectious Diseases, now show this resistance on the verge of entering India.
Experts said the development was "alarming".
Deaths from malaria have nearly halved since 2000, and the infection now kills about 584,000 people each year.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31533559