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Long term persistence of clonal malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum lineages in the Colombian Pacific region.
BMC genetics - 7 Jan 2013
Echeverry Diego F, Nair Shalini, Osorio Lyda, Menon Sanjay, Murillo Claribel, Anderson Tim J C
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BACKGROUND: Resistance to chloroquine and antifolate drugs has evolved independently in South America, suggesting that genotype - phenotype studies aimed at understanding the genetic basis of resistance to these and other drugs should be conducted in this continent. This research was conducted to better understand the population structure of Colombian Plasmodium falciparum in preparation for such studies....
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