Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3423730 | Trends in Parasitology | 2009 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Plasmodium knowlesi is a primate malaria parasite that is phylogenetically close to the major human parasite Plasmodium vivax. P. knowlesi causes life-threatening disease in humans, infects a wide range of non-human primates and is one of few malaria parasites amenable to cyclical in vitro propagation. A robust in vivo and in vitro genetic manipulation system has been developed for this parasite, enabling in vitro–in vivo shuttling of transgenes, which (together with recent characterization of its genome and that of its macaque experimental host) offers unique opportunities to gain insight in molecular function and parasite–host interactions.
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Authors
Clemens H.M. Kocken, Anne-Marie Zeeman, Annemarie Voorberg-van der Wel, Alan W. Thomas,