Two nonrecombining sympatric forms of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium ovale occur globally.

BACKGROUND: Malaria in humans is caused by apicomplexan parasites belonging to 5 species of the genus Plasmodium. Infections with Plasmodium ovale are widely distributed but rarely investigated, and the resulting burden of disease is not known. Dimorphism in defined genes has led to P. ovale parasit...

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Main Authors:	Sutherland, C, Tanomsing, N, Nolder, D, Oguike, M, Jennison, C, Pukrittayakamee, S, Dolecek, C, Hien, T, do Rosário, V, Arez, A, Pinto, J, Michon, P, Escalante, A, Nosten, F, Burke, M, Lee, R, Blaze, M, Otto, T, Barnwell, J, Pain, A, Williams, J, White, N, Day, N, Snounou, G, Lockhart, P
Format:	Journal article
Language:	English
Published:	2010

Two nonrecombining sympatric forms of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium ovale occur globally.

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