Population Genetics of Plasmodium vivax in the Peruvian Amazon

We present the population genetics of malaria vivax parasites in a large area of the Peruvian Amazon. Our results showed that the parasite population had a predominant clonal propagation, reproducing themselves with identically or closely related parasites; therefore, the same genetic characteristic...

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Main Authors: Delgado-Ratto, Christopher, Gamboa, Dionicia, Soto-Calle, Veronica E., Van den Eede, Peter, Torres, Eliana, Sánchez-Martínez, Luis, Contreras-Mancilla, Juan, Rosanas-Urgell, Anna, Rodriguez Ferrucci, Hugo, Llanos-Cuentas, Alejandro, Erhart, Annette, Van geertruyden, Jean-Pierre, D’Alessandro, Umberto
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4713096/