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Genetic diversity, natural selection and haplotype grouping of Plasmodium vivax Duffy-binding protein genes from eastern and western Myanmar borders.
Parasites & vectors - 20 Nov 2019
Hu Yubing, Wang Lin, Mbenda Huguette Gaelle Ngassa, Soe Myat Thu, Yu Chunyun, Feng Hui, Kyaw Myat Phone, Cui Liwang, Zhu Xiaotong, Cao Yaming
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BACKGROUND: Merozoite proteins of the malaria parasites involved in the invasion of red blood cells are selected by host immunity and their diversity is greatly influenced by changes in malaria epidemiology. In the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), malaria transmission is concentrated along the international borders and there have been major changes in malaria epidemiology with Plasmodium vivax becoming the...
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