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Microsatellite DNA analysis revealed a drastic genetic change of Plasmodium vivax population in the Republic of Korea during 2002 and 2003.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Jan 2013
Iwagami Moritoshi, Hwang Seung-Young, Kim So-Hee, Park So-Jung, Lee Ga-Young, Matsumoto-Takahashi Emilie Louise Akiko, Kho Weon-Gyu, Kano Shigeyuki
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Vivax malaria was successfully eliminated in the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in the late 1970s, but it was found to have re-emerged from 1993. In order to control malaria and evaluate the effectiveness of malaria controls, it is important to develop a spatiotemporal understanding of the genetic structure of the parasite population. Here, we estimated the population structure and temporal dynamics...
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