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Plasmodium falciparum is the agent of the deadliest form of human malaria. A survey of Plasmodium diversity in African apes reveals that western gorillas are the reservoir species for this parasite. See Article p. 420

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Figure 1: Origin of human Plasmodium falciparum.

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  1. Department of Biology, Edward C. Holmes is at the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA, and the Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. echolmes@psu.edu,

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Holmes, E. The gorilla connection. Nature 467, 404–405 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/467404a

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