Studies are currently needed to find out more about monkey malaria parasites. Photo: Filepic
Malaysia finds itself first-in-line in the region to face this potential health challenge.
The first strain of the malarial parasite Plasmodium knowlesi ever isolated came from a long-tailed macaque in 1932.
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