The primate malaria parasites Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium brasilianum and Plasmodium ovale spp.: genomic insights into distribution, dispersal and host transitions

Abstract During the twentieth century, there was an explosion in understanding of the malaria parasites infecting humans and wild primates. This was built on three main data sources: from detailed descriptive morphology, from observational histories of induced infections in captive primates, syphili...

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Main Authors: Hans-Peter Fuehrer, Susana Campino, Colin J. Sutherland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-05-01
Series:Malaria Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-022-04151-4