Mitochondrial genome of Plasmodium vivax/simium detected in an endemic region for malaria in the Atlantic Forest of Esp írito Santo state, Brazil: do mosquitoes, simians and humans harbour the same parasite?

The transmission of malaria in the extra-Amazonian regions of Brazil, although interrupted in the 1960s, has persisted to the present time in some areas of dense Atlantic Forest, with reports of cases characte...

Source: Malaria Journal - October 30, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Julyana Cerqueira Buery, Priscila Thihara Rodrigues, L ícia Natal, Laís Camoese Salla, Ana Carolina Loss, Creuza Rachel Vicente, Helder Ricas Rezende, Ana Maria Ribeiro de Castro Duarte, Blima Fux, Rosely dos Santos Malafronte, Aloísio Falqueto and Cri Tags: Research Source Type: research