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Transmission intensity and Plasmodium falciparum diversity on the northwestern border of Thailand.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Feb 1998
Paul R E, Hackford I, Brockman A, Muller-Graf C, Price R, Luxemburger C, White N J, Nosten F, Day K P
Abstract excerpt
Genetic analysis of the number of Plasmodium falciparum genotypes per infected person in regions of holoendemic and hyperendemic malaria suggest that in areas of lower transmission intensity, significantly fewer parasite genotypes per infected person should be found. A predominance of single clone infections in the human population could generate the controversial clonal population structure proposed for P....
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