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February 25, 2014

The parasite that escaped out of Africa
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Feb 25, 2014
An international team of scientists has traced the origin of Plasmodium vivax, the second-worst malaria parasite of humans, to Africa, according to a study published this week in Nature Communications. Until recently, the closest genetic relatives of human P. vivax were found only in Asian macaques, leading researchers to believe that P. vivax originated in Asia. The study, led by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, found that wild-living apes in cen ... read more

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