Study Finds Malaria Parasites Prevalent in North American Fawns
April 18, 2018
April 18, 2018
WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The American Society for Microbiology issued the following news release:
Parasites that cause malaria can lurk in plain sight, including in deer in North America.
Researchers who analyzed blood samples from 33 farm-raised, white-tailed fawns in Florida report that about 21 percent -- 7 of 33 -- were infected by malaria parasites at some point during the first eight months of life. This research was published in mSphere, an open-access journal of . . .
Parasites that cause malaria can lurk in plain sight, including in deer in North America.
Researchers who analyzed blood samples from 33 farm-raised, white-tailed fawns in Florida report that about 21 percent -- 7 of 33 -- were infected by malaria parasites at some point during the first eight months of life. This research was published in mSphere, an open-access journal of . . .