Africa: Why Does Malaria Recur? How Pieces of the Puzzle Are Slowly Being Filled in

[The Conversation Africa] Some people suffer from repeated attacks of malaria. These can occur weeks to months or longer after contracting the disease. The phenomenon is only too familiar to those who were bitten by mosquitoes carrying the type of malaria-causing organism known as Plasmodium vivax. Whereas the malaria agent in Africa is primarily Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax is the most widespread of the more than half a dozen malaria parasite species that infect humans globally.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - Category: African Health Source Type: news