Re:The most effective malaria vaccine yet discovered
by Quarrel on Friday April 23, 2021 @06:43PM
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It used to be common in southern Europe as well and was an absolute scourge in SEA until the 20th century.
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Re:The most effective malaria vaccine yet discovered
by Biologist123 on Friday April 23, 2021 @07:38PM
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Not just Southern Europe. Oliver Cromwell (English ruler in 1600s) died of malaria.
Re:The most effective malaria vaccine yet discovered
by havernator on Friday April 23, 2021 @10:08PM
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Malaria in North America and England is covered pretty well in Mann’s 1493. There are a couple kinds of malaria, one more resistant to cold than the other.
No doubt the indigenous Americans had it bad, to put it mildly, but reading the accounts of early colonization efforts in that book, I mean, damn. Wave after wave of colonists, each losing 50+% in the first year (and it’s not like the survivors stopped dying then). For years on end, across multiple colonies. Mostly to disease.