Plasmodium falciparum, the most virulent agent of human malaria, spread from Africa to all
continents following the out-of-Africa human migrations. During the transatlantic slave trade …

Plasmodium falciparum is the main agent of malaria, one of the major human infectious
diseases affecting millions of people worldwide. The genetic diversity of P. falciparum …

Background Selection by host immunity and antimalarial drugs has driven extensive
adaptive evolution in Plasmodium falciparum and continues to produce ever-changing …

The malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, was introduced into Hispaniola and other
regions of the Americas through the slave trade spanning the 16th through the 19th …

The human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum is globally widespread, but its
prevalence varies significantly between and even within countries. Most population genetic …

Plasmodium falciparum is distributed throughout the tropics and is responsible for an
estimated 230 million cases of malaria every year, with a further 1.4 billion people at risk of …

Strong founder effects resulting from human migration out of Africa have led to geographic
variation in single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP s) and microsatellites (MS) of the malaria …

While Plasmodium falciparum is known to have had a strong effect on human evolution, the
time period when P. falciparum first infected ancestors of modern humans has remained …

The origin of Plasmodium falciparum in South America is controversial. Some studies
suggest a recent introduction during the European colonizations and the transatlantic slave …

Background Genome wide sequence analyses of malaria parasites from widely separated
areas of the world have identified contrasting population structures and signatures of …