Uncovering the transmission dynamics of Plasmodium vivax using population genetics

Pathogens and Global Health

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 142-152

  Barry, Alyssa E ^a,b   Waltmann, Andreea ^a,b   Koepfli, Cristian ^a,b   Barnadas, Celine ^a,b,c   Mueller, Ivo ^a,b,d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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

^d CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Control; Elimination; Genetic diversity; Genetics; Genomics; Linkage disequilibrium; Malaria; Microsatellites; Mitochondrial DNA; Plasmodium vivax; Population structure; Relapse; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DYNAMICS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POPULATION GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALARIA, VIVAX; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; TRANSMISSION;

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA, VIVAX; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84928948435     PISSN: 20477724     EISSN: 20477732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2047773215Y.0000000012     Document Type: Article

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