1940s blood samples reveal historical spread of malaria

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Dec 2, 2019, 12:48 pm743 ptsHot
DNA from 75-year old eradicated European malaria parasites uncovers the historical spread of one of the two most common forms of the disease, Plasmodium vivax, from Europe to the Americas during the colonial period, finds a new study co-led by UCL.

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