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SUBMITTER: Liu W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2997044 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liu Weimin W Li Yingying Y Learn Gerald H GH Rudicell Rebecca S RS Robertson Joel D JD Keele Brandon F BF Ndjango Jean-Bosco N JB Sanz Crickette M CM Morgan David B DB Locatelli Sabrina S Gonder Mary K MK Kranzusch Philip J PJ Walsh Peter D PD Delaporte Eric E Mpoudi-Ngole Eitel E Georgiev Alexander V AV Muller Martin N MN Shaw George M GM Peeters Martine M Sharp Paul M PM Rayner Julian C JC Hahn Beatrice H BH
Nature 20100901 7314
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 controversial. Here we develop a single-genome amplification strategy to identify and characterize Plasmodium spp. DNA sequences in faecal samples from wild-living apes. Among nearly 3,000 specimens collected from field sites throughout central Africa, we found Plasmodium infection in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and western ...[more]