TWiP 63: Plasmodium of the apes

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

Vincent and Dickson discuss evidence that the malaria parasite originated in gorillas.

Links for this episode:

• Great apes and zoonoses (Science)
• Source of human malaria (PNAS)
• Origin of human malaria parasite in gorillas (Nature)
• Ape Plasmodium in Cameroon not infecting humans (PNAS)
• No Plasmodium in greater spot-nosed monkey (Int J Parasit)
• TWiP 13: Toxoplasmosis
• Image credit
• Letters read on TWiP 62

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