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PNAS The origin of malignant malaria Plasmodium falciparum, the causative agent of malignant malaria, is among the most severe human infectious diseases. The closest known relative of P. falciparum is a chimpanzee parasite, Plasmodium reichenowi, of which one single isolate was previously known. download pdf › |
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Nature An epidemiologist points to a fifth sort of human malaria. Malaria has plagued humans since the dawn of written history, and probably since long before that. These days, biologists understand tiny mechanistic details of the workings of one human malarial parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, but know surprisingly little about the others. download pdf › |
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The Lancet Naturally acquired simian retrovirus infections in central African hunters Hunting and butchering of wild non-human primates infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) is thought to have sparked the HIV pandemic. download pdf › |
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Nature Origins of major human infectious diseases Many of the major human infectious diseases, including some now confined to humans and absent from animals, are ‘new’ ones that arose only after the origins of agriculture. Where did they come from? download pdf › |
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PNAS Emergence of unique primate T-lymphotropic viruses among central African bushmeat hunters Understanding the emergence of new zoonotic agents requires knowledge of pathogen biodiversity in wildlife, human-wildlife interactions, anthropogenic pressures on wildlife populations, and changes in society and human behavior. download pdf › |
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Emerging Infectious Diseases Bushmeat Hunting, Deforestation, and Prediction of Zoonotic Disease Emergence Understanding the emergence of new zoonotic agents requires knowledge of pathogen biodiversity in wildlife, human-wildlife interactions, anthropogenic pressures on wildlife populations, and changes in society and human behavior. download pdf › |