Male farmers at highest risk of contracting 'monkey malaria' in Malaysia

(London School of Hygiene& Tropical Medicine) Adult male farmers in Malaysia are more than twice as likely to contract Plasmodium knowlesi malaria -- an infection usually found only in monkeys -- than other people in their communities, according to a new study by the London School of Hygiene& Tropical Medicine and Menzies School of Health Research.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news