Asia Research News 2021

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MEDICINE

MONITORING MALARIA PARASITE POPULATIONS IN MALAYSIAN BORNEO A simple tool allows researchers to track how different subpopulations of the Plasmodium knowlesi parasite are changing over time.

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Anopheles latens, the mosquito vector for Plasmodium knowlesi in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, is a forest mosquito that is attracted to both monkeys and humans for blood meal. Credit: neydt | 123rf

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Further Dr Paul Cliff Simon Divis | pcsimon@unimas.my information Malaria Research Centre Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)


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