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- Title
Two nonrecombining sympatric forms of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium ovale occur globally.
- Authors
Sutherland, Colin J; Tanomsing, Naowarat; Nolder, Debbie; Oguike, Mary; Jennison, Charlie; Pukrittayakamee, Sasithon; Dolecek, Christiane; Hien, Tran Tinh; do Rosário, Virgilio E; Arez, Ana Paula; Pinto, João; Michon, Pascal; Escalante, Ananias A; Nosten, Francois; Burke, Martina; Lee, Rogan; Blaze, Marie; Otto, Thomas Dan; Barnwell, John W; Pain, Arnab; Williams, John; White, Nicholas J; Day, Nicholas P J; Snounou, Georges; Lockhart, Peter J; Chiodini, Peter L; Imwong, Mallika; Polley, Spencer D
- Abstract
Malaria in humans is caused by apicomplexan parasites belonging to 5 species of the genus Plasmodium. Infections with Plasmodium ovale are widely distributed but rarely investigated, and the resulting burden of disease is not known. Dimorphism in defined genes has led to P. ovale parasites being divided into classic and variant types. We hypothesized that these dimorphs represent distinct parasite species.
- Publication
The Journal of infectious diseases, 2010, Vol 201, Issue 10, p1544
- ISSN
1537-6613
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1086/652240