Malaria -- United States
Researchers are worried about the effects of global warming after a loon in Umbagog Lake tested positive for avian malaria.
The loon was found last summer [2015] in the lake, which straddles northern Maine and New Hampshire. Necropsy showed that the bird died of avian malaria, the 1st confirmed case of the disease among loons in either state.
The finding was a wake-up call, according to Mark Pokras, a retired Tufts University professor who specialized in loon research for 35 years and
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/1YqEKzE
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