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Genetic diversity of Plasmodium vivax isolates from Azerbaijan.
Malaria journal - 9 Nov 2004
Leclerc Marie Claude, Menegon Michela, Cligny Alexandra, Noyer Jean Louis, Mammadov Suleyman, Aliyev Namig, Gasimov Elkhan, Majori Giancarlo, Severini Carlo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Plasmodium vivax, although causing a less serious disease than Plasmodium falciparum, is the most widespread of the four human malarial species. Further to the recent recrudescence of P. vivax cases in the Newly Independent States (NIS) of central Asia, a survey on the genetic diversity and dissemination in Azerbaijan was undertaken. Azerbaijan is at the crossroads of Asia and, as such, could see a...
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