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A high resolution case study of a patient with recurrent Plasmodium vivax infections shows that relapses were caused by meiotic siblings.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Jun 2014
Bright Andrew Taylor, Manary Micah J, Tewhey Ryan, Arango Eliana M, Wang Tina, Schork Nicholas J, Yanow Stephanie K, Winzeler Elizabeth A
Abstract excerpt
Plasmodium vivax infects a hundred million people annually and endangers 40% of the world's population. Unlike Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax parasites can persist as a dormant stage in the liver, known as the hypnozoite, and these dormant forms can cause malaria relapses months or years after the initial mosquito bite. Here we analyze whole genome sequencing data from parasites in the blood of a patient who...
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