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Inferring the evolutionary history of Indian Plasmodium vivax from population genetic analyses of multilocus nuclear DNA fragments.
Molecular ecology - 1 Apr 2012
Gupta Bhavna, Srivastava Nalini, DAS Aparup
Abstract excerpt
The human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax is globally widespread, causing high malaria morbidity. As P. vivax is highly endemic to India, and previous reports indicate genetic homogeneity in population samples, we tested the hypothesis of no genetic structuring in Indian P. vivax. Further, based on the reports of increasing incidence of Plasmodium falciparum infection in comparison with P. vivax in recent years...
Topics
- DNA, Protozoan
- Evolution, Molecular
- Gene Flow
- Genetic Markers
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Humans
- India
- Linkage Disequilibrium
- Plasmodium vivax
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide