A military outbreak spurs research :The Scientist [2006-12-01]


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A military outbreak spurs research In September 2003, the US 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit entered Liberia for a brief peacekeeping operation. While ashore, more than 100 marines contracted Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Five of the cases were so severe, they had to be rushed back to the United States for emergency treatment with intravenous quinidine, a derivative of quinine. In the most severe malaria cases, intense fever and