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Comparative Analysis of Stage Specific Gene Regulation of Apicomplexan Parasites: Plasmodium falciparum and Toxoplasma gondii

Submitted by Kabogo on August 10, 2010 - 08:56
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Author(s): 
M. Gopalakrishnan, Anusha; Lopez-Estrano, Carlos
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Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets, Volume 10, Number 4, August 2010, pp. 303-311(9)
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Apicomplexans comprise some of the most life threatening parasites infecting human and livestock and includes Plasmodium and Toxoplasma, the causative agents of malaria and toxoplasmosis respectively, in humans as well as Neospora caninum (abortion in livestock, neosporosis in dogs), Cryptosporidium (Diarrheal cryptosporidiosis and opportunistic infections in AIDS patients) and Eimeria (poultry coccidiosis).

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Two Nonrecombining Sympatric Forms of the Human Malaria Parasite Plasmodium ovale Occur Globally

Submitted by Kabogo on April 19, 2010 - 13:21
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Author(s): 
CJ Sutherland, N Tanomsing,SD Polley,.et al
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The Journal of Infectious Diseases , Volume 201, Number 10, 15 May 2010
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colin.sutherland@lshtm.ac.uk

Malaria in humans is caused by apicomplexan parasites belonging to 5 species of the genus Plasmodium. Infections with Plasmodium ovale are widely distributed but rarely investigated, and the resulting burden of disease is not known.

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