Scientists around the world who study malaria and the parasites that cause it will breathe a collective sigh of relief this month when they read UVM senior Katie St. Denis' research paper. It goes a long way toward substantiating a commonly held -- yet unproven -- belief about how to distinguish malaria parasite species.
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