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Frequent Spread of Plasmodium vivax Malaria Maintains High Genetic Diversity at the Myanmar-China Border, Without Distance and Landscape Barriers.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 5 Dec 2017
Lo Eugenia, Lam Nancy, Hemming-Schroeder Elizabeth, Nguyen Jennifer, Zhou Guofa, Lee Ming-Chieh, Yang Zhaoqing, Cui Liwang, Yan Guiyun
Abstract excerpt
Background: In Myanmar, civil unrest and the establishment of internally displaced person (IDP) settlements along the Myanmar-China border have impacted malaria transmission. Methods: Microsatellite markers were used to examine source-sink dynamics for Plasmodium vivax between IDP settlements and surrounding villages in the border region. Genotypic structure and diversity were compared across the 3 years...
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