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A new model for the origins of allelic dimorphism in Plasmodium falciparum.

scientific article published on 22 September 2014

Amazonian malaria: asymptomatic human reservoirs, diagnostic challenges, environmentally driven changes in mosquito vector populations, and the mandate for sustainable control strategies

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Anemia and iron deficiency in school children, adolescents, and adults: a community-based study in rural Amazonia

article by Marcelo U. Ferreira et al published February 2007 in American Journal of Public Health

Antigenic diversity and immune evasion by malaria parasites.

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Antigenic polymorphism and naturally acquired antibodies to Plasmodium vivax merozoite surface protein 1 in rural Amazonians

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Bottle feeding and exposure to Toxocara as risk factors for wheezing illness among under-five Amazonian children: a population-based cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 8 January 2007

CD39 and immune regulation in a chronic helminth infection: The puzzling case of Mansonella ozzardi.

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CD4+ CD25+ Foxp3+ regulatory T cells, dendritic cells, and circulating cytokines in uncomplicated malaria: do different parasite species elicit similar host responses?

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Challenges for Plasmodium vivax malaria elimination in the genomics era

scientific article published on May 2015

Challenges for malaria elimination in Brazil

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Cytokine balance in human malaria: does Plasmodium vivax elicit more inflammatory responses than Plasmodium falciparum?

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Diversity in the thrombospondin-related adhesive protein gene (TRAP) of Plasmodium vivax.

scientific article published in May 2001

Epidemiology and control of frontier malaria in Brazil: lessons from community-based studies in rural Amazonia

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Epidemiology of disappearing Plasmodium vivax malaria: a case study in rural Amazonia

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Evolution of allelic dimorphism in malarial surface antigens.

scientific article published on 4 October 2006

Evolutionary dynamics of the immunodominant repeats of the Plasmodium vivax malaria-vaccine candidate circumsporozoite protein (CSP).

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Expressed var gene repertoire and variant surface antigen diversity in a shrinking Plasmodium falciparum population

scientific article published on 20 September 2016

Extense variant gene family repertoire overlap in Western Amazon Plasmodium falciparum isolates

scientific article published on 7 August 2006

Extensive microsatellite diversity in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax

scientific article published on 15 January 2008

Factors associated with immunoglobulin G subclass polarization in naturally acquired antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface proteins: a cross-sectional survey in Brazilian Amazonia

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Fucosylated chondroitin sulfate inhibits Plasmodium falciparum cytoadhesion and merozoite invasion. ⬇️

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Fy(a)/Fy(b) antigen polymorphism in human erythrocyte Duffy antigen affects susceptibility to Plasmodium vivax malaria

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Generation of an immortalized erythroid progenitor cell line from peripheral blood: A model system for the functional analysis of Plasmodium spp. invasion

scientific article published on 18 June 2019

Genetic diversity of Plasmodium vivax over time and space: a community-based study in rural Amazonia

scientific article published on 28 July 2014

Genetic sequence characterization and naturally acquired immune response to Plasmodium vivax Rhoptry Neck Protein 2 (PvRON2)

scientific article published on 31 October 2018

Genetic structure of Plasmodium falciparum populations in the Brazilian Amazon region

scientific article published on 21 September 2004

Genetic variability and natural selection at the ligand domain of the Duffy binding protein in Brazilian Plasmodium vivax populations.

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Genome-wide SNP genotyping highlights the role of natural selection in Plasmodium falciparum population divergence

scientific article published on 15 December 2008

Genome-wide diversity and differentiation in New World populations of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax.

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Genomic analysis of local variation and recent evolution in Plasmodium vivax

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Geographic differentiation of polymorphism in the Plasmodium falciparum malaria vaccine candidate gene SERA5.

scientific article published on 9 January 2012

Geographic structure of Plasmodium vivax: microsatellite analysis of parasite populations from Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Ethiopia

scientific article published in February 2010

Hepatitis A and E seroprevalence and associated risk factors: a community-based cross-sectional survey in rural Amazonia.

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High prevalence of Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium ovale in malaria patients along the Thai-Myanmar border, as revealed by acridine orange staining and PCR-based diagnoses.

scientific article published in April 1998

Higher microsatellite diversity in Plasmodium vivax than in sympatric Plasmodium falciparum populations in Pursat, Western Cambodia

scientific article published on 04 April 2013

How prevalent are Plasmodium ovale and P. malariae in East Asia?

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Human migration and the spread of malaria parasites to the New World.

scientific article published on 31 January 2018

Human toxocariasis: diagnosis, worldwide seroprevalences and clinical expression of the systemic and ocular forms.

scientific article published on January 2010

Identification and Characterization of Functional Human Monoclonal Antibodies to Plasmodium vivax Duffy-Binding Protein

scientific article published on 03 April 2019

Identification and immunological characterization of the ligand domain of Plasmodium vivax reticulocyte binding protein 1a.

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Interacting Epidemics in Amazonian Brazil: Prior Dengue Infection Associated With Increased Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Risk in a Population-Based Cohort Study

scientific article published on 04 May 2021

Leishmaniasis: current challenges and prospects for elimination with special focus on the South Asian region.

scientific article published on 12 April 2018

Limited geographical origin and global spread of sulfadoxine-resistant dhps alleles in Plasmodium falciparum populations

scientific article published on 21 October 2011

Limited global diversity of the Plasmodium vivax merozoite surface protein 4 gene

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Malaria Molecular Epidemiology: Lessons from the International Centers of Excellence for Malaria Research Network

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Mansonella ozzardi: a neglected New World filarial nematode

scientific article published on May 2016

Mitochondrial genome sequences support ancient population expansion in Plasmodium vivax

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Modeling the effects of relapse in the transmission dynamics of malaria parasites.

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Modelling the epidemiology of residual Plasmodium vivax malaria in a heterogeneous host population: A case study in the Amazon Basin

scientific article published on 13 March 2020

Molecular evidence of sustained urban malaria transmission in Amazonian Brazil, 2014-2015

scientific article published on 21 February 2020

Monitoring the Efficacy of Chloroquine-Primaquine Therapy for Uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax Malaria in the Main Transmission Hot Spot of Brazil

scientific article published on 25 April 2019

Mosaic organization and heterogeneity in frequency of allelic recombination of the Plasmodium vivax merozoite surface protein-1 locus

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Multi-character population study of the vir subtelomeric multigene superfamily of Plasmodium vivax, a major human malaria parasite

scientific article published on 11 May 2006

Naturally Acquired Binding-Inhibitory Antibodies to Plasmodium vivax Duffy Binding Protein and Clinical Immunity to Malaria in Rural Amazonians.

scientific article published on 30 August 2016

Naturally acquired antibodies to Plasmodium vivax Duffy binding protein (DBP) in Brazilian Amazon

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No longer a deadly encounter?

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Origins of sequence diversity in the malaria vaccine candidate merozoite surface protein-2 (MSP-2) in Amazonian isolates of Plasmodium falciparum.

scientific article published on 5 April 2006

Parasite virulence, co-infections and cytokine balance in malaria

scientific article published on 23 May 2014

Plasmodium falciparum accompanied the human expansion out of Africa.

scientific article published on 17 June 2010

Plasmodium falciparum: IgG subclass antibody response to merozoite surface protein-1 among Amazonian gold miners, in relation to infection status and disease expression

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Plasmodium falciparum: sequence diversity and antibody recognition of the Merozoite surface protein-2 (MSP-2) in Brazilian Amazonia.

scientific article published in November 2004

Plasmodium falciparum: worldwide sequence diversity and evolution of the malaria vaccine candidate merozoite surface protein-2 (MSP-2).

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Plasmodium vivax Diversity and Population Structure across Four Continents

scientific article published in 2015

Plasmodium vivax: microsatellite analysis of multiple-clone infections

scientific article published on 31 August 2008

Plasmodium vivax: reverse transcriptase real-time PCR for gametocyte detection and quantitation in clinical samples

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Population genetic analysis of large sequence polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum blood-stage antigens

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Population genomics reveals the expansion of highly inbred Plasmodium vivax lineages in the main malaria hotspot of Brazil

scientific article published on 28 October 2020

Population genomics studies identify signatures of global dispersal and drug resistance in Plasmodium vivax

scientific article published on 27 June 2016

Population structure and transmission dynamics of Plasmodium vivax in rural Amazonia.

scientific article published on 6 March 2007

Prevalence and spatial distribution of intestinal parasitic infections in a rural Amazonian settlement, Acre State, Brazil.

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Rapid epidemiologic assessment of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in malaria-endemic areas in Southeast Asia using a novel diagnostic kit.

scientific article published in May 2004

Reactive Case Detection for Plasmodium vivax Malaria Elimination in Rural Amazonia.

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Recurrent parasitemias and population dynamics of Plasmodium vivax polymorphisms in rural Amazonia

scientific article published on December 2009

Red blood cell polymorphism and susceptibility to Plasmodium vivax

scientific article published on January 2013

Research gaps and challenges for malaria control in Brazil

scientific article published in December 2011

Risk factors for toxoplasmic encephalitis in HIV-infected patients: a case-control study in Brazil.

scientific article published in September 2001

Selection and genetic drift of polymorphisms within the merozoite surface protein-1 gene of Plasmodium falciparum.

scientific article published in January 2000

Sequence diversity and evolutionary dynamics of the dimorphic antigen merozoite surface protein-6 and other Msp genes of Plasmodium falciparum

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Sequence variation in the T-cell epitopes of the Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein among field isolates is temporally stable: a 5-year longitudinal study in southern Vietnam

scientific article published in April 2006

Seroprevalence of orthopoxvirus in an Amazonian rural village, Acre, Brazil

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Single-nucleotide polymorphism and copy number variation of the multidrug resistance-1 locus of Plasmodium vivax: local and global patterns

scientific article published on 4 September 2012

Single-nucleotide polymorphism, linkage disequilibrium and geographic structure in the malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax: prospects for genome-wide association studies

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Statistical modeling of surveillance data to identify correlates of urban malaria risk: A population-based study in the Amazon Basin

scientific article published on 09 August 2019

Structural basis for neutralization of Plasmodium vivax by naturally acquired human antibodies that target DBP

scientific article published on 27 May 2019

Surface expression of inhibitory (CTLA-4) and stimulatory (OX40) receptors by CD4+ regulatory T cell subsets circulating in human malaria.

scientific article published on 16 June 2016

The Acre Project: the epidemiology of malaria and arthropod-borne virus infections in a rural Amazonian population.

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The Hidden Burden of Plasmodium vivax Malaria in Pregnancy in the Amazon: An Observational Study in northwestern Brazil

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The Sri Lankan paradox: high genetic diversity in Plasmodium vivax populations despite decreasing levels of malaria transmission.

scientific article published on 14 February 2014

The assessment of antibody affinity distribution by thiocyanate elution: a simple dose-response approach.

scientific article published in December 1995

The origin of antigenic diversity in Plasmodium falciparum.

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The risk of Plasmodium vivax parasitaemia after P. falciparum malaria: An individual patient data meta-analysis from the WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network

scientific article published on 19 November 2020

Tracking malaria parasites in the eradication era.

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Transferrin receptor 1 is a reticulocyte-specific receptor for Plasmodium vivax.

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Underlying factors associated with anemia in Amazonian children: a population-based, cross-sectional study

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Using mitochondrial genome sequences to track the origin of imported Plasmodium vivax infections diagnosed in the United States

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Whole genome sequencing analysis of Plasmodium vivax using whole genome capture

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Wide distribution of Plasmodium ovale in Myanmar.

scientific article published in March 2002

Worldwide sequence conservation of transmission-blocking vaccine candidate Pvs230 in Plasmodium vivax

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pfcrt Polymorphism and the spread of chloroquine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum populations across the Amazon Basin

scientific article published on 18 June 2004

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