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Multiplicity of Infection and Disease Severity in Plasmodium vivax.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Jan 2016
Pacheco M Andreína, Lopez-Perez Mary, Vallejo Andrés F, Herrera Sócrates, Arévalo-Herrera Myriam, Escalante Ananias A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Multiplicity of infection (MOI) refers to the average number of distinct parasite genotypes concurrently infecting a patient. Although several studies have reported on MOI and the frequency of multiclonal infections in Plasmodium falciparum, there is limited data on Plasmodium vivax. Here, MOI and the frequency of multiclonal infections were studied in areas from South America where P. vivax and P....
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