A high resolution case study of a patient with recurrent Plasmodium vivax infections shows that relapses were caused by meiotic siblings.

• Hlavní autoři: Andrew Taylor Bright (Autor), Micah J Manary (Autor), Ryan Tewhey (Autor), Eliana M Arango (Autor), Tina Wang (Autor), Nicholas J Schork (Autor), Stephanie K Yanow (Autor), Elizabeth A Winzeler (Autor)
• Médium: Kniha
• Vydáno: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Témata: article
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Plasmodium vivax infects a hundred million people annually and endangers 40% of the world's population. Unlike Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax parasites can persist as a dormant stage in the liver, known as the hypnozoite, and these dormant forms can cause malaria relapses months or years after...