Inaccurate communication in health sciences: The case of 'partial artemisinin resistance' for the treatment of malaria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Accurate scientific terminology is crucial in health sciences to avoid misinterpretations. The use of 'artemisinin resistance' to describe delayed parasite clearance may be inaccurately equated with full resistance, as is typically the case when 'resistance' is used with other pathogens, leading to potential confusion. In 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) introduced 'partial artemisinin resistance' to more accurately reflect the delayed parasite clearance observed with artemisinin-based therapies.

Methods

We analyzed whether articles in PubMed accurately convey the concept of 'partial artemisinin resistance' using GPT-4 to generate related search terms. AntConc was employed for corpus analysis of retrieved articles to examine terminology in titles and abst

SUBMITTER: Hanscheid T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11667688 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature