Malaria infection and the anthropological evolution Infecção por Malária e evolução antropológica

During the evolution of the genus Homo, with regard to species habilis, erectus and sapiens, malaria infection played a key biological role, influencing the anthropological development too. Plasmodia causing malaria developed two kinds of evolution, according to a biological and philogenetical point...

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Main Authors: Sergio Sabbatani, Roberto Manfredi, Sirio Fiorino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2010-03-01
Series:Saúde e Sociedade
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-12902010000100006