Plasmodium knowlesi: the game changer for malaria eradication

WC Lee, FW Cheong, A Amir, MY Lai, JH Tan… - Malaria Journal, 2022 - Springer
Plasmodium knowlesi is a zoonotic malaria parasite that has gained increasing medical
interest over the past two decades. This zoonotic parasitic infection is prevalent in Southeast …

Elucidating mechanisms of drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum

LS Ross, DA Fidock - Cell host & microbe, 2019 - cell.com
Intensified treatment and control efforts since the early 2000s have dramatically reduced the
burden of Plasmodium falciparum malaria. However, drug resistance threatens to derail this …

Genomes of all known members of a Plasmodium subgenus reveal paths to virulent human malaria

TD Otto, A Gilabert, T Crellen, U Böhme… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
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 …

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 …

Modeling malaria genomics reveals transmission decline and rebound in Senegal

RF Daniels, SF Schaffner, EA Wenger… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
To study the effects of malaria-control interventions on parasite population genomics, we
examined a set of 1,007 samples of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum collected in …

Population genetics of reef coral endosymbionts (Symbiodinium, Dinophyceae)

DJ Thornhill, EJ Howells, DC Wham… - Molecular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Symbiodinium is a diverse genus of unicellular dinoflagellate symbionts associating with
various marine protists and invertebrates. Although the broadscale diversity and …

Ape origins of human malaria

PM Sharp, LJ Plenderleith… - Annual review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
African apes harbor at least twelve Plasmodium species, some of which have been a source
of human infection. It is now well established that Plasmodium falciparum emerged following …

Plasmodium genomics: an approach for learning about and ending human malaria

JA Garrido-Cardenas, L González-Cerón… - Parasitology …, 2019 - Springer
Malaria causes high levels of morbidity and mortality in human beings worldwide. According
to the World Health Organization (WHO), about half a million people die of this disease each …

Genome-wide approaches to investigate anthelmintic resistance

SR Doyle, JA Cotton - Trends in parasitology, 2019 - cell.com
The rapid evolution of anthelmintic resistance in a number of parasites of livestock and
domesticated animals has occurred in response to widespread use of anthelmintics for …

Genome-wide analysis of ivermectin response by Onchocerca volvulus reveals that genetic drift and soft selective sweeps contribute to loss of drug sensitivity

SR Doyle, C Bourguinat… - PLoS neglected …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Treatment of onchocerciasis using mass ivermectin administration has reduced
morbidity and transmission throughout Africa and Central/South America. Mass drug …