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Alejandra Herbert-Mainero, Petra Schneider, Aidan J. O’Donnell, Sarah E. Reece
This study shows malaria parasites time their liver-to-blood stage transition to align with host feeding rhythms, enhancing survival and transmission.
Helena D. Hopson, Alejandra Herbert-Mainero, Aline Gaëlle Bouopda-Tuedom…·Ellen Miranda Leffler
The paper shows that HbS carriers have parasites with Pfsa+ alleles, suggesting these alleles may reduce symptomatic malaria in HbS carriers.
Paige E. Haffener, Helena D. Hopson, Alejandra Herbert-Mainero…·Ellen Miranda Leffler
This paper identifies two genetically distinct Hepatocystis clades in wild primates using low coverage whole genome sequencing and describes candidate hypervariable loci potentially involved in immune evasion and host adaptation.