Malaria genomics: Tracking a diverse and evolving parasite population

International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 82-84

  Kwiatkowski, Dominic ^a,b  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artemisinin resistance; Genomic epidemiology; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ;

FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENOMICS; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STRATEGIC PLANNING; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PARASITES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84924504497     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: 18763405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihv007     Document Type: Note

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