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Novel RNA viruses associated with Plasmodium vivax in human malaria and Leucocytozoon parasites in avian disease
30 Dec 2019
Abstract excerpt
Eukaryotes of the genus Plasmodium cause malaria, a parasitic disease responsible for substantial morbidity and mortality in humans. Yet, the nature and abundance of any viruses carried by these divergent eukaryotic parasites is unknown. We investigated the Plasmodium virome by performing a meta-transcriptomic analysis of blood samples taken from patients suffering from malaria and infected with P. vivax, P....
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