Malaria — United States
Parasites that cause malaria in animals — but not humans — are commonly found in deer living in North America, new research shows. Many animals are able to clear these infections, but researchers found that infected baby deer were less likely to survive their 1st year of life than other deer. As reported recently in the journal Sphere, blood samples collected from 33 farm-raised fawns in Florida revealed that about 21 percent tested positive for microscopic malaria parasites. It’s unclear if
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