The gorilla connection

Edward C. Holmes
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Edward C. Holmes: Edward C. Holmes is at the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA, and the Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. echolmes@psu.edu

Nature, 2010, vol. 467, issue 7314, 404-405

Abstract: Plasmodium falciparum is the agent of the deadliest form of human malaria. A survey of Plasmodium diversity in African apes reveals that western gorillas are the reservoir species for this parasite. See Article p. 420

Date: 2010
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