Abstract
In April this year, Zhou Yiqing and his team won the 2009 European Inventors of the Year award (in the non-European countries category) for developing the first artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) for malaria, known as Coartem. He talks to reporter Cui Weiyuan about this achievement.
MeSH terms
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Antimalarials / therapeutic use*
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Antipyretics / therapeutic use*
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Artemisia*
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China / epidemiology
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Fever / drug therapy
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Fever / etiology
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Fever / prevention & control*
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History, Ancient
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Humans
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Malaria / complications
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Malaria / drug therapy*
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Malaria / epidemiology
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Medicine, Chinese Traditional*
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Phytotherapy*
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Plant Preparations / therapeutic use*
Substances
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Antimalarials
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Antipyretics
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Plant Preparations