Artemether is one of the most effective drugs in the artemisinin group most commonly used in malaria cocktails
This file photo shows a mother and her child sitting on a bed covered with a mosquito net, near Bagamoyo, Tanzania, in 2009. Africa's deadliest malaria parasite has shown resistance in lab tests to one of the most powerful drugs on the market -- a warning of possible resistance to follow in patients, according to scientists.