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Genetic Markers of Adaptation of Plasmodium falciparum to Transmission by American Vectors Identified in the Genomes of Parasites from Haiti and South America.
mSphere - 21 Oct 2020
Tagliamonte Massimiliano S, Yowell Charles A, Elbadry Maha A, Boncy Jacques, Raccurt Christian P, Okech Bernard A, Goss Erica M, Salemi Marco, Dame John B
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The malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, was introduced into Hispaniola and other regions of the Americas through the slave trade spanning the 16th through the 19th centuries. During this period, more than 12 million Africans were brought across the Atlantic to the Caribbean and other regions of the Americas. Since malaria is holoendemic in West Africa, a substantial percentage of these individuals carried...
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