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“We had sent a reminder to the forest department and will do so again. There are low chances that the malaria parasite would be present in monkeys in Bareilly but we will conduct research in the matter. “No study on monkey malaria has been conducted in this region and this research can turn out to be important.”Dr Pramila Gaur, additional director (health), Bareilly division, on September 29 had asked scientists at Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) to conduct a research on monkey malaria. We want a study to be conducted to eliminate the possibility that monkeys might be the source of malaria among humans. Bareilly: Health department’s bid to find out whether monkeys are the source of the high incidence of malaria in Bareilly division has so far failed to take off as it is yet to get a no-objection certificate from the forest department collect blood samples of simians..