An international research team led by evolutionary geneticist Stephen M. Rich of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has discovered that the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which causes the deadliest form of malaria, jumped from wild chimpanzees

Scientists say malaria may have originated with chimps - Charleston Daily Mail
WASHINGTON — Scientists say they may have tracked down the origins of the deadly disease malaria - chimpanzees. In recent years, diseases like HIV-AIDS and Ebola have been traced to chimpanzees, and a study being released today shows that this is

Malaria Jumps from Chimps to Humans - eMaxHealth.com
Among one of the most severe infectious agents to humans is Plasmodium falciparum. This infectious agent causes a severe and deadly form of malaria. The closest known relative to P. falciparum is the chimpanzee parasite referred to as Plasmodium