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Genetic heterogeneity of Wuchereria bancrofti populations at spatially hierarchical levels in Pondicherry and surrounding areas, south India.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2008
Hoti S L, Thangadurai R, Dhamodharan R, Das P K
Abstract excerpt
Lymphatic filariasis (LF), caused by Wuchereria bancrofti is widely distributed in areas of India with variable geoclimatic factors. These factors, coupled with chemotherapeutic pressure exerted for past half a century may have influenced the genetic structure of the parasite populations. A complex genetic structure of parasite populations will have major consequences to the on-going global LF elimination...
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