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The prospect of malaria elimination in the Arabian Peninsula: a population genetic approach.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Oct 2014
Al-Hamidhi Salama, Mahdy Mohammed A K, Idris Mohamed Ahmed, Bin Dajem Saad M, Al-Sheikh Adel Ali H, Al-Qahtani Ahmed, Al-Hashami Zainab, Al-Farsi Hissa, Al-Mekhlafi Abdulsalam M, Saif-Ali Riyadh, Beja-Pereira Albano, Babiker Hamza A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In the Arabian Peninsula malaria control is progressing steadily, backed by adequate logistic and political support. As a result, transmission has been interrupted throughout the region, with exception of limited sites in Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Here we examined Plasmodium falciparum parasites in these sites to assess if the above success has limited diversity and gene flow. METHODS: We examined 108...
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