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Malaria’s deadly leap from chimps to humans - Boston Globe

Story date: 2009-11-09 07:03:00
Added on: 2009-11-09 12:09:03


AMHERST - The terrible transfer took only an instant. One mosquito; one hot-blooded human target; one quick puncture of skin. Most likely, our distant ancestor reacted with no more than a scratch and a shrug. Thus did malaria leap across the ...



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