Invasion characteristics of a Plasmodium knowlesi line newly isolated from a human

• Main Authors: Amir, A., Russell, B., Liew, J.W.K., Moon, R.W., Fong, M.Y., Vythilingam, I., Subramaniam, V., Snounou, G., Lau, Y.L.
• Format: Article
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/18283/; https://doi.org/10.1038/srep24623
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Plasmodium knowlesi is extensively used as an important malaria model and is now recognized as an important cause of human malaria in Malaysia. The strains of P. knowlesi currently used for research were isolated many decades ago, raising concerns that they might no longer be representative of conte...