Malarial Parasite More Serious Than Previously Thought

Plasmodium vivax can cause malaria and substantialmorbidity and mortality, especially in young children, according to twostudies released on June 16, 2008 in the open access journal PLoSMedicine. Seldom fatal and less virulent than some other malarial strains such asP. falciparum, P. vivaxwas generally considered benign before this set of studies.

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Filed under: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses on June 19th, 2008