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 …

Malaria is the most deadly parasitic disease, affecting hundreds of millions of people
worldwide. Malaria parasites have been associated with their hosts for millions of years …

Plasmodium falciparum is the most prevalent and lethal of the malaria parasites infecting
humans, yet the origin and evolutionary history of this important pathogen remain …

Plasmodium falciparum, the most virulent agent of human malaria, shares a recent common
ancestor with the gorilla parasite Plasmodium praefalciparum. Little is known about the other …

Elucidation of the evolutionary history and interrelatedness of Plasmodium species that
infect humans has been hampered by a lack of genetic information for three human-infective …

Plasmodium falciparum, the causative agent of malignant malaria, is among the most severe
human infectious diseases. The closest known relative of P. falciparum is a chimpanzee …

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 …

The global malaria burden sometimes obscures that the genus Plasmodium comprises
diverse clades with lineages that independently gave origin to the extant human parasites …

The origin of Plasmodium falciparum, the etiological agent of the most dangerous forms of
human malaria, remains controversial. Although investigations of homologous parasites in …

Plasmodium reichenowi, a chimpanzee parasite, was until very recently the only known
close relative of Plasmodium falciparum, the most virulent agent of human malaria. Recently …