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Intra-host dynamics of co-infecting parasite genotypes in asymptomatic malaria patients.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2018
Nkhoma Standwell C, Banda Rachel L, Khoswe Stanley, Dzoole-Mwale Tamika J, Ward Stephen A
Abstract excerpt
Malaria-infected individuals often harbor mixtures of genetically distinct parasite genotypes. We studied intra-host dynamics of parasite genotypes co-infecting asymptomatic adults in an area of intense malaria transmission in Chikhwawa, Malawi. Serial blood samples (5 ml) were collected over seven consecutive days from 25 adults with asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum malaria and analyzed to determine whether a...
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