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Meiotic recombination, cross-reactivity, and persistence in Plasmodium falciparum.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Jul 2001
McKenzie F E, Ferreira M U, Baird J K, Snounou G, Bossert W H
Abstract excerpt
We incorporate a representation of Plasmodium falciparum recombination within a discrete-event model of malaria transmission. We simulate the introduction of a new parasite genotype into a human population in which another genotype has reached equilibrium prevalence and compare the emergence and persistence of the novel recombinant forms under differing cross-reactivity relationships between the genotypes....
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