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The genome of the zoonotic malaria parasite Plasmodium simium reveals adaptations to host switching
BACKGROUND: Plasmodium simium, a malaria parasite of non-human primates (NHP), was recently shown to cause zoonotic infections in humans in Brazil. We sequenced the P. simium genome to investigate its evolutionary history and to identify any genetic adaptions that may underlie the ability of this pa...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8485552/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34592986 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-021-01139-5 |