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The evolutionary history of Plasmodium vivax as inferred from mitochondrial genomes: parasite genetic diversity in the Americas.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Sept 2013
Taylor Jesse E, Pacheco M Andreína, Bacon David J, Beg Mohammad A, Machado Ricardo Luiz, Fairhurst Rick M, Herrera Socrates, Kim Jung-Yeon, Menard Didier, Póvoa Marinete Marins, Villegas Leopoldo, Mulyanto, Snounou Georges, Cui Liwang, Zeyrek Fadile Yildiz, Escalante Ananias A
Abstract excerpt
Plasmodium vivax is the most prevalent human malaria parasite in the Americas. Previous studies have contrasted the genetic diversity of parasite populations in the Americas with those in Asia and Oceania, concluding that New World populations exhibit low genetic diversity consistent with a recent introduction. Here we used an expanded sample of complete mitochondrial genome sequences to investigate the diversity...
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