Networks of genetic similarity reveal non-neutral processes shape strain structure in Plasmodium falciparum

Nature Communications

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  He, Qixin ^a   Pilosof, Shai ^a   Tiedje, Kathryn E ^b   Ruybal Pesántez, Shazia ^b   Artzy Randrup, Yael ^c   Baskerville, Edward B ^a   Day, Karen P ^b   Pascual, Mercedes ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; MALARIA; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PARASITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTOZOAN; STRAIN;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BALANCING SELECTION; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS PROTECTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE POOL; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GHANA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MEIOTIC RECOMBINATION; MICROBIAL GENOME; MITOTIC RECOMBINATION; MOSQUITO VECTOR; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MARKOV CHAIN; MUTATION; PARASITOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSMISSION;

GHANA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ENDEMIC DISEASES; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC VARIATION; GHANA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 85046833942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04219-3     Document Type: Article

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