Deforestation increasing cases of ‘monkey malaria’ in humans, study says

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By <a class="author-link"…Jan 13, 2016, 1:54 pm116 pts
Deforestation could be increasing risk of “monkey malaria” in humans in Malaysia, suggests a new study published in Emerging Infectious Diseases. Caused by the protozoan parasite Plasmodium knowlesi, and transmitted by female Anopheles mosquitoes, "monkey malaria" normally infects forest-dwelling macaques…

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