Article
Low MSP-1 haplotype diversity in the West Palearctic population of the avian malaria parasite Plasmodium relictum.
Malaria journal - 12 Jun 2021
Hellgren Olof, Kelbskopf Victor, Ellis Vincenzo A, Ciloglu Arif, Duc Mélanie, Huang Xi, Lopes Ricardo J, Mata Vanessa A, Aghayan Sargis A, Inci Abdullah, Drovetski Sergei V
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Although avian Plasmodium species are widespread and common across the globe, limited data exist on how genetically variable their populations are. Here, the hypothesis that the avian blood parasite Plasmodium relictum exhibits very low genetic diversity in its Western Palearctic transmission area (from Morocco to Sweden in the north and Transcaucasia in the east) was tested. METHODS: The genetic...
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