DRC’s endangered bonobos face another threat to their survival: malaria

Mongabay
Mar 22, 2023, 8:19 am277 pts
Gorillas and chimpanzees, like humans, have long been known to suffer from malaria. But evidence of the parasite’s effects on bonobos, one of humankind’s closest genetic relatives, has been scant. Now, new research suggests that bonobos do suffer from malaria infection, and that the disease could threaten…

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