A High Resolution Case Study of a Patient with Recurrent Plasmodium vivax Infections Shows That Relapses Were Caused by Meiotic Siblings

Plasmodium vivax infects a hundred million people annually and endangers 40% of the world's population. Unlike Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax parasites can persist as a dormant stage in the liver, known as the hypnozoite, and these dormant forms can cause malaria relapses months or years after...

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Main Authors: Andrew Bright, Mark Manary, Ryan Tewhey, Eliana Arango, Tina Wang, Nicholas J. Schork, Stephanie K. Yanow, Elizabeth A. Winzeler
Format: Artigo
Language:English
Published: 2014
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002882
https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0002882&type=printable
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