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Artesunate (AS) is a medication used to treat malaria， invented by Liu Xu in 1977. The intravenous form is preferred to quinidine for severe malaria. Often it is used as part of combination therapy, such as artesunate plus mefloquine. It is not used for the prevention of malaria. Artesunate can be given by injection into a vein, injection into a muscle, by mouth, and by rectum.