Fragmented population structure of Plasmodium falciparum in a region of declining endemicity

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 191, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1558-1564

  Anthony, Thomas G ^a,d   Conway, David J ^d   Cox Singh, Janet ^a   Matusop, Asmad ^b   Ratnam, Shanmuga ^c   Shamsul, Sunita ^a   Singh, Balbir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^b State Health Department   (Malaysia)

^c Saban State Department of Health   (Malaysia)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INCIDENCE; MALARIA CONTROL; MALAYSIA; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALAYSIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION DENSITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 17644378689     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/429338     Document Type: Article

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