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

• Main Authors: Atique M Ahmed (Author), Miguel M Pinheiro (Author), Paul C Divis (Author), Angela Siner (Author), Ramlah Zainudin (Author), Ing Tien Wong (Author), Chan Woon Lu (Author), Sarina K Singh-Khaira (Author), Scott B Millar (Author), Sean Lynch (Author), Matthias Willmann (Author), Balbir Singh (Author), Sanjeev Krishna (Author), Janet Cox-Singh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...