Two Nonrecombining Sympatric Forms of the Human Malaria Parasite Plasmodium ovale Occur Globally
The Journal of Infectious Diseases2010Vol. 201(10), pp. 1544–1550
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Colin J. Sutherland, Naowarat Tanomsing, Debbie Nolder, Mary C. Oguike, Charlie Jennison, Sasithon Pukrittayakamee, Christiane Dolecek, Tran Tinh Hien, Virgı́lio E. do Rosário, Ana Paula Arez, João Pinto, P Michon, Ananías A. Escalante, François Nosten, Martina Burke, Rogan Lee, Marie Blaze, Thomas D. Otto, John W. Barnwell, Arnab Pain, John E. Williams, Nicholas J. White, Nicholas Day, Georges Snounou, Peter J. Lockhart, Peter L. Chiodini, Mallika Imwong, Spencer D. Polley
Abstract
We propose that P. ovale comprises 2 nonrecombining species that are sympatric in Africa and Asia. We speculate on possible scenarios that could have led to this speciation. Furthermore, the relatively high frequency of imported cases of symptomatic P. ovale infection in the United Kingdom suggests that the morbidity caused by ovale malaria has been underestimated.
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