2022-04-06Zeitschriftenartikel
Zoonotic origin of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium malariae from African apes
Plenderleith, Lindsey J.; Liu, Weimin; Li, Yingying; Loy, Dorothy E.; Mollison, Ewan; Connell, Jesse; Ayouba, Ahidjo; Esteban, Amandine; Peeters, Martine; Sanz, Crickette M.; Morgan, David B.; Wolfe, Nathan D.; Ulrich, Markus; Sachse, Andreas; Calvignac-Spencer, Sébastien; Leendertz, Fabian H.; Shaw, George M.; Hahn, Beatrice H.; Sharp, Paul M.
The human parasite Plasmodium malariae has relatives infecting African apes (Plasmodium rodhaini) and New World monkeys (Plasmodium brasilianum), but its origins remain unknown. Using a novel approach to characterise P. ...
