[HTML][HTML] Out of Africa: origins and evolution of the human malaria parasites Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax

DE Loy, W Liu, Y Li, GH Learn, LJ Plenderleith… - International journal for …, 2017 - Elsevier
Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax account for more than 95% of all human
malaria infections, and thus pose a serious public health challenge. To control and …

Infectious disease risk across the growing human-non human primate interface: a review of the evidence

CA Devaux, O Mediannikov, H Medkour… - Frontiers in public …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Most of the human pandemics reported to date can be classified as zoonoses. Among these,
there is a long history of infectious diseases that have spread from non-human primates …

Ancient Plasmodium genomes shed light on the history of human malaria

M Michel, E Skourtanioti, F Pierini, EK Guevara… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Malaria-causing protozoa of the genus Plasmodium have exerted one of the strongest
selective pressures on the human genome, and resistance alleles provide biomolecular …

Review of malaria situation in Cameroon: technical viewpoint on challenges and prospects for disease elimination

C Antonio-Nkondjio, C Ndo, F Njiokou, JD Bigoga… - Parasites & vectors, 2019 - Springer
Malaria still has a devastating impact on public health and welfare in Cameroon. Despite the
increasing number of studies conducted on disease prevalence, transmission patterns or …

Recent advances in oxidative valorization of lignin

R Ma, M Guo, X Zhang - Catalysis Today, 2018 - Elsevier
Lignin, an aromatic macromolecule synthesized by all higher plants, is one of the most
intriguing natural materials for utilization across a wide range of applications …

Plasmodium Genomics and Genetics: New Insights into Malaria Pathogenesis, Drug Resistance, Epidemiology, and Evolution

X Su, KD Lane, L **a, JM Sá… - Clinical microbiology …, 2019 - journals.asm.org
Protozoan Plasmodium parasites are the causative agents of malaria, a deadly disease that
continues to afflict hundreds of millions of people every year. Infections with malaria …

Population genomics studies identify signatures of global dispersal and drug resistance in Plasmodium vivax

DN Hupalo, Z Luo, A Melnikov, PL Sutton, P Rogov… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Plasmodium vivax is a major public health burden, responsible for the majority of malaria
infections outside Africa. We explored the impact of demographic history and selective …

Reappraisal of known malaria resistance loci in a large multicenter study

Nature genetics, 2014 - nature.com
Many human genetic associations with resistance to malaria have been reported, but few
have been reliably replicated. We collected data on 11,890 cases of severe malaria due to …

Mathematical modeling of climate change and malaria transmission dynamics: a historical review

SE Eikenberry, AB Gumel - Journal of mathematical biology, 2018 - Springer
Malaria, one of the greatest historical killers of mankind, continues to claim around half a
million lives annually, with almost all deaths occurring in children under the age of five living …

Genomes of cryptic chimpanzee Plasmodium species reveal key evolutionary events leading to human malaria

SA Sundararaman, LJ Plenderleith, W Liu… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
African apes harbour at least six Plasmodium species of the subgenus Laverania, one of
which gave rise to human Plasmodium falciparum. Here we use a selective amplification …