Plasmodium vivax is the main cause of malarial disease in Asia and South America.
Plasmodium vivax infection was thought to be absent in African populations who are Duffy …

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic non-degenerative disease, whose nutritional therapy seems
controversial. This systematic review aimed to synthesize the knowledge about the effect of …

Malaria in humans is caused by six species of Plasmodium parasites, of which the nuclear
genome sequences for the two Plasmodium ovale spp., P. ovale curtisi and P. ovale …

Originally known to cause simian malaria, Plasmodium knowlesi is now known as the fifth
human malaria species. Since the publishing of a report that largely focused on human …

The discovery that Africans were resistant to infection by Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) led to
the conclusion that P. vivax invasion relied on the P. vivax Duffy Binding Protein (PvDBP) …

Abstract Tryptophan Rich Antigens (TRAgs) are encoded by a multi-gene family found in all
Plasmodium species, but are significantly expanded in P. vivax and closely related …

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored micronemal antigen (GAMA) is an erythrocyte
binding protein known to be involved in malarial parasite invasion. Although anti-GAMA …

Highlights•Plasmodium genomes harbor variant multigene families with diverse functions.•
Immunovariant PfEMP1 adhesins, encoded by var genes, play key roles in …

Malaria, which is caused by Plasmodium parasites through Anopheles mosquito
transmission, remains one of the most life-threatening diseases affecting hundreds of …

The Plasmodium vivax reticulocyte invasion process is still poorly understood, with only a
few receptor-ligand interactions identified to date. Individuals with the Southeast Asian …