High levels of genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum populations in Papua New Guinea despite variable infection prevalence

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 718-725

  Barry, Alyssa E ^a,b   Schultz, Lee ^a,c   Senn, Nicolas ^a,d   Nale, Joe ^a,e   Kiniboro, Benson ^a,e   Siba, Peter M ^a,e   Mueller, Ivo ^a,b   Reeder, John C ^a,f  

^a not available

^b WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^f BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURAL GENE;

EID: 84877106394     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0056     Document Type: Article

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