A fresh look at the origin of Plasmodium falciparum, the most malignant malaria agent.

From which host did the most malignant human malaria come: birds, primates, or rodents? When did the transfer occur? Over the last half century, these have been some of the questions up for debate about the origin of Plasmodium falciparum, the most common and deadliest human malaria parasite, which...

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Main Authors: Franck Prugnolle, Patrick Durand, Benjamin Ollomo, Linda Duval, Frédéric Ariey, Céline Arnathau, Jean-Paul Gonzalez, Eric Leroy, François Renaud
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/fa0ab5d4c2744cebb09401077aa6f084
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