Article
Increasingly inbred and fragmented populations of Plasmodium vivax associated with the eastward decline in malaria transmission across the Southwest Pacific.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Jan 2018
Waltmann Andreea, Koepfli Cristian, Tessier Natacha, Karl Stephan, Fola Abebe, Darcy Andrew W, Wini Lyndes, Harrison G L Abby, Barnadas Céline, Jennison Charlie, Karunajeewa Harin, Boyd Sarah, Whittaker Maxine, Kazura James, Bahlo Melanie, Mueller Ivo, Barry Alyssa E
Abstract excerpt
The human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax is more resistant to malaria control strategies than Plasmodium falciparum, and maintains high genetic diversity even when transmission is low. To investigate whether declining P. vivax transmission leads to increasing population structure that would fa...
Topics
- Disease Transmission, Infectious
- Genetic Variation
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Linkage Disequilibrium
- Malaria, Vivax
- Microsatellite Repeats
- New Guinea
- Papua New Guinea
- Plasmodium vivax