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Molecular epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax in Latin America: polymorphism and evolutionary relationships of the circumsporozoite gene.
Malaria journal - 15 Jul 2013
González-Cerón Lilia, Martinez-Barnetche Jesus, Montero-Solís Ciro, Santillán Frida, Soto Aida M, Rodríguez Mario H, Espinosa Benjamin J, Chávez Octavio A
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BACKGROUND: The origins and dispersal of Plasmodium vivax to its current worldwide distribution remains controversial. Although progress on P. vivax genetics and genomics has been achieved worldwide, information concerning New World parasites remains fragmented and largely incomplete. More information on the genetic diversity in Latin America (LA) is needed to better explain current patterns of parasite...
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