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Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum infection dynamics: re-infections, recrudescences and relapses.
Malaria journal - 17 Apr 2018
White Michael T, Karl Stephan, Koepfli Cristian, Longley Rhea J, Hofmann Natalie E, Wampfler Rahel, Felger Ingrid, Smith Tom, Nguitragool Wang, Sattabongkot Jetsumon, Robinson Leanne, Ghani Azra, Mueller Ivo
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BACKGROUND: In malaria endemic populations, complex patterns of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum blood-stage infection dynamics may be observed. Genotyping samples from longitudinal cohort studies for merozoite surface protein (msp) variants increases the information available in the data, allowing multiple infecting parasite clones in a single individual to be identified. msp genotyped samples from two...
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