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Three Divergent Subpopulations of the Malaria Parasite Plasmodium knowlesi.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Apr 2017
Divis Paul C S, Lin Lee C, Rovie-Ryan Jeffrine J, Kadir Khamisah A, Anderios Fread, Hisam Shamilah, Sharma Reuben S K, Singh Balbir, Conway David J
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Multilocus microsatellite genotyping of Plasmodium knowlesi isolates previously indicated 2 divergent parasite subpopulations in humans on the island of Borneo, each associated with a different macaque reservoir host species. Geographic divergence was also apparent, and independent sequence data have indicated particularly deep divergence between parasites from mainland Southeast Asia and Borneo. To resolve the...
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