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New Global Map Shows Difficult-To-Treat Malaria Strain Remains Prevalent In Asia, Latin America
"Declining malaria deaths in Africa and progress toward an effective malaria vaccine are raising hopes the disease will soon be eradicated worldwide," but "researchers at the annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, [on Monday] unveiled a new global malaria map that raises new concerns about the disease," VOA News writes (Sinha, 12/5). The researchers from Britain's Oxford University mapped the Plasmodium vivax malaria parasite, "which is often recurring and can be deadly," and found it is "endemic in substantial parts of the world," particularly in Asia and Latin America, Reuters writes (Kelland, 12/5).
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