On the diversity of malaria parasites in African apes and the origin of Plasmodium falciparum from Bonobos.

The origin of Plasmodium falciparum, the etiological agent of the most dangerous forms of human malaria, remains controversial. Although investigations of homologous parasites in African Apes are crucial to resolve this issue, studies have been restricted to a chimpanzee parasite related to P. falci...

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Main Authors: Sabrina Krief, Ananias A Escalante, M Andreina Pacheco, Lawrence Mugisha, Claudine André, Michel Halbwax, Anne Fischer, Jean-Michel Krief, John M Kasenene, Mike Crandfield, Omar E Cornejo, Jean-Marc Chavatte, Clara Lin, Franck Letourneur, Anne Charlotte Grüner, Thomas F McCutchan, Laurent Rénia, Georges Snounou
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/f323f494f60f492f91c8dc3fcbf2efc9
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