Disease progression in Plasmodium knowlesi malaria is linked to variation in invasion gene family members.

• Autori principali: Atique M Ahmed (Autore), Miguel M Pinheiro (Autore), Paul C Divis (Autore), Angela Siner (Autore), Ramlah Zainudin (Autore), Ing Tien Wong (Autore), Chan Woon Lu (Autore), Sarina K Singh-Khaira (Autore), Scott B Millar (Autore), Sean Lynch (Autore), Matthias Willmann (Autore), Balbir Singh (Autore), Sanjeev Krishna (Autore), Janet Cox-Singh (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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Emerging pathogens undermine initiatives to control the global health impact of infectious diseases. Zoonotic malaria is no exception. Plasmodium knowlesi, a malaria parasite of Southeast Asian macaques, has entered the human population. P. knowlesi, like Plasmodium falciparum, can reach high parasi...