Malaria protection in chimpanzees

Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - 09:00 in Biology & Nature

In malaria regions the parasite prevalence in the human body as well as malaria-related morbidity and mortality decrease with age. This reflects the progressive mounting of a protective immunity. Researchers now present a study which addresses the age distribution of malaria parasite infection in a group of wild chimpanzees.

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