Historical shifts in Brazilian P. falciparum population structure and drug resistance alleles.

Previous work suggests that Brazilian Plasmodium falciparum has limited genetic diversity and a history of bottlenecks, multiple reintroductions due to human migration, and clonal expansions. We hypothesized that Brazilian P. falciparum would exhibit clonal structure. We examined isolates collected...

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Main Authors: Sean M Griffing, Giselle M Rachid Viana, Tonya Mixson-Hayden, Sankar Sridaran, Mohammad Tauqeer Alam, Alexandre Macedo de Oliveira, John W Barnwell, Ananias A Escalante, Marinete Marins Povoa, Venkatachalam Udhayakumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3598954?pdf=render