Diversity of Plasmodium falciparum populations and complexity of infections in relation to transmission intensity and host age: a study from the Usambara Mountains, Tanzania.

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Diversity and complexity of infections with Plasmodium falciparum were described from cross-sectional surveys in November-December 1996 in 6 villages in the Usambara Mountains, Tanzania, where transmission ranged markedly from 0.03 to 91 infective bites per individual per year. Forty-eight samples, stratified for age and parasite densities, were examined from each village (n = 288). Genotyping was performed by a...

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