Comments on: Don't Forget About the Other Type of Malaria—It's Getting Worse http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/12/07/dont-forget-about-the-other-type-of-malaria-its-getting-worse/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Kirk http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/12/07/dont-forget-about-the-other-type-of-malaria-its-getting-worse/#comment-30772 Kirk Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:41:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=33798#comment-30772 Having had this form of malaria when I was a child living in Papua New Guinea I can tell you it is VERY unpleasant. My brother was hospitalized with it as well. You might not die from it but you are definitely going to have one of the worse experiences of your life. Glad to hear people aren't forgeting about the "rest" of the developing world that is outside of Africa. Having had this form of malaria when I was a child living in Papua New Guinea I can tell you it is VERY unpleasant. My brother was hospitalized with it as well. You might not die from it but you are definitely going to have one of the worse experiences of your life.

Glad to hear people aren’t forgeting about the “rest” of the developing world that is outside of Africa.

]]> By: scott http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/12/07/dont-forget-about-the-other-type-of-malaria-its-getting-worse/#comment-30771 scott Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:43:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=33798#comment-30771 many diseases of "filth, tropics and the 3rd world" are creeping in to threaten the average western citizen. $billions are spent on making and advertising "luxury drugs" - baldness, sexual disfunction, obesity, etc, but we might soon see US and European pharma co's investing big bucks on these critters cures they mostly avoid for now. if we see these organisms making their way into the populations of Europe and the US then we will see, finally, the proper action and research taken to control them. many diseases of “filth, tropics and the 3rd world” are creeping in to threaten the average western citizen.

$billions are spent on making and advertising “luxury drugs” – baldness, sexual disfunction, obesity, etc, but we might soon see US and European pharma co’s investing big bucks on these critters cures they mostly avoid for now. if we see these organisms making their way into the populations of Europe and the US then we will see, finally, the proper action and research taken to control them.

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