The global malaria burden sometimes obscures that the genus Plasmodium comprises
diverse clades with lineages that independently gave origin to the extant human parasites …

Malaria is an important human disease and is the target of a global eradication campaign.
New technological and informatics advancements in population genomics are being …

Plasmodium falciparum, the causative agent of malignant malaria, is among the most severe
human infectious diseases. The closest known relative of P. falciparum is a chimpanzee …

We investigated two mitochondrial genes (cytb and cox1), one plastid gene (tufA), and one
nuclear gene (ldh) in blood samples from 12 chimpanzees and two gorillas from Cameroon …

Understanding the genetic structure of malaria parasites is essential to predict how fast
some phenotypes of interest originate and spread in populations. In the present study, we …

In vitro drug susceptibility testing with the malaria parasite has been used to assess the
antimalarial activities of new compounds and to monitor drug resistance in field isolates. We …

Background Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine has been widely used as first-line therapy for
uncomplicated malaria throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Recent studies conducted in Asia …

Recent studies indicated that sensitive parasites could increase in frequency in a population
when drugs are removed, suggesting that the life span of affordable antimalarial drugs could …

The evolutionary history of Plasmodium vivax has recently been addressed in terms of its
origin as a parasite of humans and the age of extant populations. The consensus is that P …

Background Knowledge of the diversity of invasion ligands in malaria parasites in endemic
regions is essential to understand how natural selection influences genetic diversity of these …