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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)

How long has malaria existed?

April 27, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION: How long has malaria been going on? ANSWER: The answer to your question depends on the kind of malaria as well as how exactly you define 'malaria'. The parasites which cause all forms of malaria, in humans as well as other mammals and birds, belong to a group called Plasmodium; scientists believe, based on genetic information, that this genus evolved around 130 million years … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Apicomplexa, Malaria evolution, Plasmodium, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Vivax

How did malaria start?

April 19, 2011 By Malaria Q&A 1 Comment

QUESTION: When did malaria happen? ANSWER: It is believed that Plasmodium, the parasite which causes malaria in a wide variety of animals, first evolved in reptiles. Even today, reptiles are infected by species of Plasmodium that are related to those that infect humans. The parasite probably then evolved to infect birds, and then, more recently, to infect mammals. Many mammals can be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Malaria evolution, Non-human/Zoonotic Malaria, Plasmodium Falciparum

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