Second most common malaria parasite takes unrealized toll on human health (IMAGE)

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Second most common malaria parasite takes unrealized toll on human health

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A week earlier, 12-year-old Reni in hospital in eastern Indonesia was emaciated, dehydrated, and severely anemic after weeks of suffering a moderately febrile illness that would not let go of her. She had vivax malaria and it was slowly killing her when finally brought to hospital by her parents. She recovers as slowly as the infection sickened her.

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Pearl Gan, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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