Plasmodium knowlesi gene expression differs in ex vivo compared to in vitro blood-stage cultures

• Main Authors: Lapp, Stacey A, Mok, Sachel, Zhu, Lei, Wu, Hao, Preiser, Peter R, Bozdech, Zbynek, Galinski, Mary R
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Zoology::Anatomy
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/79439; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25524
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background: Plasmodium knowlesi is one of five Plasmodium species known to cause malaria in humans and can result in severe illness and death. While a zoonosis in humans, this simian malaria parasite species infects macaque monkeys and serves as an experimental model for in vivo, ex vivo and in vitr...