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Old August 16th, 2011, 07:10 AM posted to sci.med.nutrition,alt.support.diabetes,alt.support.diet.low-carb
Chris Malcolm
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In alt.support.diabetes outsider wrote:
On 8/13/2011 12:12 AM, Robert Miles wrote:
On 8/8/2011 4:00 AM, Chris Malcolm wrote:
In alt.support.diabetes wrote:

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But it seems that humans are not developing an immunity to the
infections dispensed by mosquitoes.

You've not heard of sickle cell anemia?


For the few people in this thread interested in seeing
citations, here's one:

http://sickle.bwh.harvard.edu/malaria_sickle.html


While the article correctly depicts the life cycle of the
parasite(s) it only discusses one small part of that life
cycle, that being within the human host.


Because what it's about is an evolutionarily developed human immunity
to malaria, which is what you thought hadn't happened.

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Chris Malcolm