Blood from monkeys on Chang Island being tested for monkey malaria

[snoop1130]

 

Officials from Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation and the Department of Livestock Development have been sent to Chang Island in Trat province to collect blood samples from wild and domesticated monkeys, to be tested for Plasmodium knowlesi, a parasite that causes malaria in monkeys and other primates, after nine people on the island were found to be infected.

 

Two other human cases were found in the Bo Rai district of the same province.

 

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In March, blood samples from eight wild and domesticated long-tailed macaque were sent to the lab of the Department of Disease Control for analysis. Two of the samples tested positive for Plasmodium falciparum.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/blood-from-monkeys-on-chang-island-being-tested-for-monkey-malaria/

 

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[RichardColeman]

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

to be tested for Plasmodium knowlesi, a parasite that causes malaria in monkeys and other primates, after nine people on the island were found to be infected.

So, is this more or less contagious than monkey pox ? And will it be mentioned on the TAT's adverts ? 

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

So, is this more or less contagious than monkey pox ? And will it be mentioned on the TAT's adverts ?