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University of Southampton
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Training village volunteers to diagnose and treat malaria reduces illness and deaths

In a new study in Thailand, Franois Nosten (Mahidol University, Thailand) and colleagues found that in the remote malarious north western border area, early detection of malaria by trained village volunteers using rapid diagnostic tests and treatment with a combination of malaria drugs (mefloquine-artesunate) reduced illness and deaths from multidrug-resistant falciparum malaria.

Citation: Carrara VI, Sirilak S, Thonglairuam J, Rojanawatsirivet C, Proux S, et al.(2006) Deployment of early diagnosis and mefloquine-artesunate treatment of falciparum malaria in Thailand: The Tak Malaria Initiative. PLoS Med 3(6): e183.

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CONTACT:
Franois Nosten
Mahidol University
Faculty of Tropical Medicine
Shoklo Malaria Research Unit
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