Admixture in Humans of Two Divergent Plasmodium knowlesi Populations Associated with Different Macaque Host Species

Human malaria parasite species were originally acquired from other primate hosts and subsequently became endemic, then spread throughout large parts of the world. A major zoonosis is now occurring with Plasmodium knowlesi from macaques in Southeast Asia, with a recent acceleration in numbers of repo...

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Main Authors: Divis, Paul C. S., Singh, Balbir, Anderios, Fread, Hisam, Shamilah, Matusop, Asmad, Kocken, Clemens H., Assefa, Samuel A., Duffy, Craig W., Conway, David J.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4447398/