The human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax is responsible for 25–40% of the∼ 515
million annual cases of malaria worldwide. Although seldom fatal, the parasite elicits severe …

Multigene families are present on the telomeric and sub-telomeric regions of most
chromosomes of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium. The largest gene family identified so far …

Plasmodium vivax is responsible for more than 100 million clinical cases yearly. Unlike P.
falciparum, in which infected red blood cells cytoadhere via variant proteins, avoiding …

Recent sequencing of Plasmodium vivax field isolates and monkey-adapted strains enabled
characterization of SNPs throughout the genome. These analyses relied on mapping short …

Avian malaria parasites are prevalent around the world and infect a wide diversity of bird
species. Here, we report the sequencing and analysis of high-quality draft genome …

The subcellular localization and function of variant subtelomeric multigene families in
Plasmodium vivax remain vastly unknown. Among them, the vir superfamily is putatively …

Background Up to 40% of the world's population is at risk for Plasmodium vivax malaria, a
disease that imposes a major public health and economic burden on endemic countries …

Plasmodium vivax causes 25–40% of malaria cases worldwide, yet research on this human
malaria parasite has been neglected. Nevertheless, the recent publication of the P. vivax …

Background Plasmodium parasites, the causative agents of malaria, express many variant
antigens on cell surfaces. Variant surface antigens (VSAs) are typically organized into large …

To identify malaria antigens for vaccine development, we selected α-helical coiled coil
domains of proteins predicted to be present in the parasite erythrocytic stage. The …