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Genetic characterization of Hawaiian isolates of Plasmodium relictum reveals mixed-genotype infections.
Biology direct - 25 Jun 2008
Jarvi Susan I, Farias Margaret E M, Atkinson Carter T
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BACKGROUND: The relatively recent introduction of a highly efficient mosquito vector and an avian pathogen (Plasmodium relictum) to an isolated island ecosystem with naïve, highly susceptible avian hosts provides a unique opportunity to investigate evolution of virulence in a natural system. Mixed infections can significantly contribute to the uncertainty in host-pathogen dynamics with direct impacts on...
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