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malaria background

August 8, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION where did malaria come from? ANSWER Malaria is a disease caused by a single-celled parasite called Plasmodium. There are many species of Plasmodium, which infect many other animals as well as humans. The types of malaria which infect humans probably evolved from similar Plasmodium species in monkeys and apes; for example, P. vivax is closely related to several species of malaria … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: chimpanzees, cross-over, Evolution, gorillas, human malaria, Macaques, origin of malaria, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Vivax

New Malaria Parasites

July 24, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION I heard researchers have found a new malaria parasite—what is the name? ANSWER New malaria parasites are found quite regularly—the parasite that causes malaria, Plasmodium, actually infects birds, reptiles, rodents and non-human primates like monkeys and apes as well as humans. As such, non-human forms of malaria are discovered relatively frequently in other species. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: apes, birds, chimpanzees, diagnosis, gorillas, Monkeys, Plasmodium billbrayi, Plasmodium billcollinsi, Plasmodium Knowlesi, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium Vivax, reptiles, research, rodents

Evolution of Malaria

March 2, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION how did malaria evolve? ANSWER Malaria in humans probably evolved independently several times, and both times likely due to a cross-over event from a closely related primate malaria. For example, Plasmodium vivax is evolutionarily closely related to several species of malaria found in macaque monkeys in south-east Asia, and so a cross-over of one of those species into human, with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Aedes, Anopheles, bats, birds, biting midges (Culicoides), chimpanzees, Culex, Culiseta, gorillas, Haemoproteus, Hepatocystis, hippos, Leucocytozoon, lizards, louse flies (Hippoboscidae), macaque, Malaria evolution, Mansonia, mosquitoes, non-human primates, Plasmodium, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium reichenowi, Plasmodium Vivax, Psorophora, rodents, Simulium, tabanids (Tabanidae)

Where did malaria start in Africa?

February 6, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Where did malaria start in Africa? ANSWER Malaria has been present in Africa for tens of thousands of years; given this ancient history, it is very difficult to know exactly where it first entered the continent. Also, there are several different types of malaria in Africa, which have likely had different histories, and malaria researchers continually unearth new evidence … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Africa, biogeography of malaria, chimpanzees, distribution of malaria, Duffy antigen, gorillas, History of malaria, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Vivax

How many types of malaria are there?

January 9, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION How many types of malaria are there? ANSWER There are four species of malaria parasite that commonly infect humans. These are: Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale and P. malariae. In addition, a fifth species, P. knowlesi, is starting to draw public health attention as an infection in humans in south-east Asia, and particularly Borneo - previously, it was thought to only … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: chimpanzees, gorillas, Hepatocystis, Macaques, Plasmodium, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Knowlesi, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Vivax

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