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Health officials in Thailand are warning the public about Plasmodium knowlesi malaria, a strain that can can be transmitted from monkeys to humans.
The Disease Control Department...
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Researchers from several Malaysian universities looked at using molecular techniques to see if human infections with simian malaria parasites were present among indigenous communities...
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European health officials reported last week on a travel-associated case of a monkey malaria, Plasmodium cynomolgi, in a individual from Denmark. According to the...
A breakthrough in monkey malaria research by two University of Otago scientists could help scientists diagnose and treat a relapsing form of human malaria.
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease...
It doesn’t matter what’s your status in life, crabs can be found on anyone, anywhere.
The pubic louse, Phthirus pubis, is typically found on pubic hair, but can also be found in armpit hair, eyebrows...
A new study from researchers at the Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) on the primary mosquito vector of Plasmodium knowlesi, or monkey malaria will publish in the next issue of PLOS One.
The research...
In the final podcast in our short series on malarial parasites, we’re look at the two less common species–P. malariae and P. ovale.
In addition, we will spend some time talking about the so called...
University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) researchers have published details of a new malaria diagnostic test which detects a new form of malaria: Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi).
The College of Agriculture,...
The parasite responsible for a form of malaria now spreading from macaques to humans in South Asia could evolve to infect humans more efficiently, a step towards enhanced transmission between humans, according...
Zoonotic malaria has been shown to be caused by two genetically distinct Plasmodium knowlesi parasite subpopulations associated with different monkey host species in Malaysia, according to new research...
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