A fresh look at the origin of Plasmodium falciparum, the most malignant malaria agent

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Prugnolle, Franck ^a   Durand, Patrick ^a   Ollomo, Benjamin ^b   Duval, Linda ^a,b   Ariey, Frédéric ^b   Arnathau, Céline ^a   Gonzalez, Jean Paul ^b   Leroy, Eric ^a,b   Renaud, François ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APE; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; GORILLA; HOST; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

AVES; HOMINIDAE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; ZOONOSES;

EID: 79952235617     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001283     Document Type: Article

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