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Plasmodium falciparum genotype population dynamics in asymptomatic children from Senegal.
Microbes and infection - 1 Jun 2006
Jafari-Guemouri Sayeh, Boudin Christian, Fievet Nadine, Ndiaye Pape, Deloron Philippe
Abstract excerpt
In areas where malaria is endemic, infected individuals generally harbor a mixture of genetically distinct Plasmodium falciparum parasite populations. For the first time, we studied temporal variations of blood parasite densities and circulating genotypes in asymptomatic Senegalese children, at time intervals as short as 4-12 h. Twenty-one Senegalese children, presenting with an asymptomatic P. falciparum...
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