Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Why Do Some Primate Malarias Relapse?
- Journal:
- Trends in parasitology
- Year:
- 2016
- Authors:
- White, Nicholas J
- Affiliation:
- Faculty of Tropical Medicine · United Kingdom
Abstract
Relapse may have evolved in malaria as a mechanism to avoid suppression by more virulent species in mixed infections, thereby increasing transmission opportunities. Later evolution of long latency in Plasmodium vivax was a necessary adaptation as early hominins moved to colder areas with shorter mosquito breeding seasons. Genetic diversity was maintained through heterologous hypnozoite activation.
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