Admixture in Humans of Two Divergent Plasmodium knowlesi Populations Associated with Different Macaque Host Species.

Human malaria parasite species were originally acquired from other primate hosts and subsequently became endemic, then spread throughout large parts of the world. A major zoonosis is now occurring with Plasmodium knowlesi from macaques in Southeast Asia, with a recent acceleration in numbers of repo...

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Main Authors: Paul C S Divis, Balbir Singh, XXXXX Anderios, Shamilah Hisam, Asmad Matusop, Clemens H Kocken, Samuel A Assefa, Craig W Duffy, David J Conway
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-05-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4447398?pdf=render