Re: Dinosaur parasites

[Tommy Tyrberg <tommy.tyrberg@norrkoping.mail.telia.com>]

At 08:50 2006-05-01, Michael Corriss wrote:

> _P. Falciparum_: My father said his urine turned dark red
> and he thought he'd shake his bones through his skin, he was
> so cold, even though he had four blankets on top of him in the
> 110 degree Guadelcanal jungle. But he was happy, at least he
> got to sleep on a dry army cot, which would walk around the
> tent when he shook.
> Malaria's the biggest morbid and mortal malady for humans,
> no doubt it takes a large toll on birds, too.

That's the much-dreaded "blackwater fever" which was almost always fatal 
before modern antimalarial drugs. I fully agree about the badness of 
malaria which is a much worse killer than HIV, though it gets very little 
publicity.

Tommy Tyrberg