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Further Evidence of Increasing Diversity of Plasmodium vivax in the Republic of Korea in Recent Years.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Kim Jung-Yeon, Goo Youn-Kyoung, Zo Young-Gun, Ji So-Young, Trimarsanto Hidayat, To Sheren, Clark Taane G, Price Ric N, Auburn Sarah
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BACKGROUND: Vivax malaria was successfully eliminated from the Republic of Korea (ROK) in the late 1970s but re-emerged in 1993. Two decades later as the ROK enters the final stages of malaria elimination, dedicated surveillance of the local P. vivax population is critical. We apply a population genetic approach to gauge P. vivax transmission dynamics in the ROK between 2010 and 2012. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL...
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