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Genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum among school-aged children from the Man region, western Côte d'Ivoire.
Malaria journal - 15 Nov 2013
Mara Sarah E, Silué Kigbafori D, Raso Giovanna, N'guetta Simon P, N'goran Eliézer K, Tanner Marcel, Utzinger Jürg, Ding Xavier C
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BACKGROUND: The genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum allows the molecular discrimination of otherwise microscopically identical parasites and the identification of individual clones in multiple infections. The study reported here investigated the P. falciparum multiplicity of infection (MOI) and genetic diversity among school-aged children in the Man region, western Côte d'Ivoire. METHODS: Blood samples...
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