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Genetic Variability of Plasmodium vivax in the North Coast of Peru and the Ecuadorian Amazon Basin.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Jul 2018
Ventocilla Julio A, Nuñez Jorge, Tapia L Lorena, Lucas Carmen M, Manock Stephen R, Lescano Andrés G, Edgel Kimberly A, Graf Paul C F
Abstract excerpt
In the Peruvian North Coast (PNC), the number of Plasmodium vivax malaria cases increased steadily from 2007 to 2010 despite a significant decline in the overall number of cases in Peru during the same period. To better understand the transmission dynamics of P. vivax populations in the PNC and the neighboring Ecuadorian Amazon Basin (EAB), we studied the genetic variability and population structure of P. vivax...
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