Genetic diversity in the C-terminus of merozoite surface protein 1 among Plasmodium knowlesi isolates from Selangor and Sabah Borneo, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Yap, N.J., Goh, X.T., Koehler, A.V., William, T., Yeo, T.W., Vythilingam, I., Gasser, R.B., Lim, Y.A.L.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/17587/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2017.06.019

Plasmodium knowlesi, a malaria parasite of macaques, has emerged as an important parasite of humans. Despite the significance of P. knowlesi malaria in parts of Southeast Asia, very little is known about the genetic variation in this parasite. Our aim here was to explore sequence variation in a mole...