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Genetic diversity and population structure of Plasmodium falciparum over space and time in an African archipelago.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2016
Salgueiro Patrícia, Vicente José Luís, Figueiredo Rita Carrilho, Pinto João
Abstract excerpt
The archipelago of São Tomé and Principe (STP), West Africa, has suffered the heavy burden of malaria since the 16th century. Until the last decade, when after a successful control program STP has become a low transmission country and one of the few nations with decreases of more than 90% in malaria admission and death rates. We carried out a longitudinal study to determine the genetic structure of STP parasite...
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