• Question: What's the most deadly parasite?

    Asked by isabelle o froggatt to Rebecca on 16 Jun 2015.
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      Rebecca Jones answered on 16 Jun 2015:


      I would have to say the malaria parasite as it kills so many people still and is good at evolving resistance to drugs. Although people are coming up with drugs for it, the parasite evolves resistance and so it’s a continuous race to beat the parasite.

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