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Population structure and transmission dynamics of Plasmodium vivax in the Republic of Korea based on microsatellite DNA analysis.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Jan 2012
Iwagami Moritoshi, Fukumoto Megumi, Hwang Seung-Young, Kim So-Hee, Kho Weon-Gyu, Kano Shigeyuki
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In order to control malaria, it is important to understand the genetic structure of the parasites in each endemic area. Plasmodium vivax is widely distributed in the tropical to temperate regions of Asia and South America, but effective strategies for its elimination have yet to be designed. In South Korea, for example, indigenous vivax malaria was eliminated by the late 1970s, but re-emerged from...
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