Monkey-based malaria strain poses ‘high risk’ to humans: study

22 August 2016
The Phnom Penh Post
Malaria / Priority health concerns / Public health
Francois Nosten / Huy Rekol / Mahidol University / malaria / National Malaria Centre / PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases / Shoklo Malaria Research Unit

A new study has predicted that even if Cambodia manages to eradicate so-called “human” strains of malaria by 2025 – a key government goal – it will continue be at “high risk” of infections from a strain of the parasite more typically found in wild monkeys and transmissible to humans. …

 Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monkey-based-malaria-strain-poses-high-risk-humans-study

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