Malaria parasites help fight Ebola

Public Release: 16-Aug-2016 NIH explores connection between Ebola survival and co-infection with malaria parasites NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases People infected with Ebola virus were 20 percent more likely to survive if they were co-infected with malaria-causing Plasmodium parasites, according to data collected at an Ebola diagnostic laboratory in Liberia in 2014-15. Moreover,…

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