Source of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 38, 2011, Pages

  Sharp, Paul M ^a   Liu, Weimin ^b   Learn, Gerald H ^b   Rayner, Julian C ^c   Peeters, Martine ^d   Hahn, Beatrice H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

AFRICA; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS NICTITANS; CHIMPANZEE; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENUS; GORILLA; HAPLORHINI; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MONKEY DISEASES; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 80053158026     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1112134108     Document Type: Letter

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