A outbreak of antibiotic - resistant malaria said to be spreading rapidly across the Mekong delta has raised concern among researchers from the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit ( MORU ) . Writing in the Lancet . the researchers said the disease is a serious threat to malaria control and eradication . " We are losing a dangerous race . The spread of this malaria ' superbug ' has caused an alarming rise in treatment failures forcing changes in drug delivery and leaving few options for the future " , warned co - founder Nicholas White . However , malaria officials in Cambodia , among others , said they would not label it a " superbug " .
A strain of antibiotic-resistant malaria said to be spreading rapidly across the Mekong region has raised concern among researchers from the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU). Writing in the Lancet. the researchers said the spread is a serious threat to malaria control and eradication. "We are losing a dangerous race. The spread of this malaria 'superbug' has caused an alarming rise in treatment failures forcing changes in drug policy and leaving few options for the future", warned co-author Nicholas White. However, malaria officials in Cambodia, among others, said they would not label it a "superbug".