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Plasmodium malariae and P. ovale genomes provide insights into malaria parasite evolution

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  • Gavin G. Rutledge

    (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute)

  • Ulrike Böhme

    (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute)

  • Mandy Sanders

    (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute)

  • Adam J. Reid

    (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute)

  • James A. Cotton

    (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute)

  • Oumou Maiga-Ascofare

    (Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques, and Technologies of Bamako
    German Center for Infection Research)

  • Abdoulaye A. Djimdé

    (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
    Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science, Techniques, and Technologies of Bamako)

  • Tobias O. Apinjoh

    (University of Buea)

  • Lucas Amenga-Etego

    (Navrongo Health Research Centre)

  • Magnus Manske

    (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute)

  • John W. Barnwell

    (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

  • François Renaud

    (Laboratoire MIVEGEC (UM1-CNRS-IRD))

  • Benjamin Ollomo

    (Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville)

  • Franck Prugnolle

    (Laboratoire MIVEGEC (UM1-CNRS-IRD)
    Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville)

  • Nicholas M. Anstey

    (Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin)

  • Sarah Auburn

    (Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin)

  • Ric N. Price

    (Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin
    Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford)

  • James S. McCarthy

    (Clinical Tropical Medicine Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, University of Queensland)

  • Dominic P. Kwiatkowski

    (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
    Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford)

  • Chris I. Newbold

    (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
    Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital)

  • Matthew Berriman

    (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute)

  • Thomas D. Otto

    (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute)

Abstract

The genome sequences of the neglected human-infective malaria species Plasmodium malariae and P. ovale provide new insights into their biology that are pertinent to understanding their epidemiology and to the broader agenda of malaria elimination.

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  • Gavin G. Rutledge & Ulrike Böhme & Mandy Sanders & Adam J. Reid & James A. Cotton & Oumou Maiga-Ascofare & Abdoulaye A. Djimdé & Tobias O. Apinjoh & Lucas Amenga-Etego & Magnus Manske & John W. Barnwe, 2017. "Plasmodium malariae and P. ovale genomes provide insights into malaria parasite evolution," Nature, Nature, vol. 542(7639), pages 101-104, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:542:y:2017:i:7639:d:10.1038_nature21038
    DOI: 10.1038/nature21038
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    1. Lindsey J. Plenderleith & Weimin Liu & Yingying Li & Dorothy E. Loy & Ewan Mollison & Jesse Connell & Ahidjo Ayouba & Amandine Esteban & Martine Peeters & Crickette M. Sanz & David B. Morgan & Nathan , 2022. "Zoonotic origin of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium malariae from African apes," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-12, December.
    2. Pascal Dembélé & Mady Cissoko & Adama Zan Diarra & Lassana Doumbia & Aïssata Koné & Mahamadou H. Magassa & Maissane Mehadji & Mahamadou A. Thera & Stéphane Ranque, 2024. "Evaluation of the Performance of Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Malaria Diagnosis and Mapping of Different Plasmodium Species in Mali," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 21(2), pages 1-12, February.

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