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A New Malaria Agent in African Hominids
Plasmodium falciparum is the major human malaria agent responsible for 200 to 300 million infections and one to three million deaths annually, mainly among African infants. The origin and evolution of this pathogen within the human lineage is still unresolved. A single species, P. reichenowi, which...
Autores principales: | Ollomo, Benjamin, Durand, Patrick, Prugnolle, Franck, Douzery, Emmanuel, Arnathau, Céline, Nkoghe, Dieudonné, Leroy, Eric, Renaud, François |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2680981/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19478877 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000446 |
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