Researchers say an infection with P. malariae, one of the six species that spreads malaria among humans, is often mild.. However, untreated, it can cause potentially chronic, lifelong infections.

Scientists have solved a 100-year-old mystery about the evolutionary links between malaria parasites that infect humans and chimpanzees. They have discovered that the parasite P. malariae – one ...

They have discovered that the parasite P. malariae - one of six species that spreads malaria among humans - originated in African apes before evolving to infect people.. While it is often ...