Malaria-causing parasite found in Andamans

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Submitted by daya on Fri, 2013-01-25 14:35

Researchers have located a new malaria-causing parasite — Plasmodium Knowlesi — for the first time in humans in India.

A team of researchers, consisting of Manoj Kumar Das of the National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR), Shiv S. Singh of G.B. Pant Hospital, Port Blair, Rupesh K. Tyagi and Yagya D. Sharma of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) located the plasmodium in tribal people in the Andaman and Nicobar islands.

thesaurus: 
Malaria
Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR)
Scientists
Medical Research
Health Effects
Health
A & N Island
state: 
A & N Island
Name of the Newspaper: 
Hindu (New Delhi)
Main Topic: 
Health
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Clipping Type: 
DNB
IGF
External URL: 
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/malariacausing-parasite-found-in-andamans/article4342644.ece
Publication Date: 
25/01/2013