TWiP 63: Plasmodium of the apes - a podcast by Vincent Racaniello

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

Vincent and Dickson discuss evidence that the malaria parasite originated in gorillas.

Links for this episode:

• Great apes and zoonoses (Science)


• Source of human malaria (PNAS)


• Origin of human malaria parasite in gorillas (Nature)


• Ape Plasmodium in Cameroon not infecting humans (PNAS)


• No Plasmodium in greater spot-nosed monkey (Int J Parasit)


• TWiP 13: Toxoplasmosis


• Image credit


• Letters read on TWiP 62

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