Molecular analysis of P. knowlesi indicate it is an ancient parasite, and it is likely that humans have been acquiring infections ever since they ventured into forests where infected macaques were living. Photo: PERCITA DITTMAR/Wikimedia Commons
By NATALIE HENG
Cases have gone virtually undetected for an undetermined amount of time, meaning we know little about the parasite’s transmission dynamics.
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