Diversity, host switching and evolution of Plasmodium vivax infecting African great apes
Diversity, host switching and evolution of Plasmodium vivax infecting African great apes
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Prugnolle, Franck , Rougeron, Virginie , Becquart, Pierre , Berry, Antoine , Makanga, Boris , Rahola, Nil , Arnathau, Céline , Ngoubangoye, Barthélémy , Menard, Sandie , Willaume, Eric , Ayala, Francisco J. , Fontenille, Didier , Ollomo, Benjamin , Durand, Patrick , Paupy, Christophe and Renaud, François
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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Plasmodium vivax is considered to be absent from Central and West Africa because of the protective effect of Duffy negativity. However, there are reports of persons returning from these areas infected with this parasite and observations suggesting the existence of transmission. Among the possible explanations for this apparent paradox, the existenc...
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Diversity, host switching and evolution of Plasmodium vivax infecting African great apes
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TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_hal_02065045v1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_hal_02065045v1
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
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10.1073/pnas.1306004110
