Genome-wide scans for the identification of Plasmodium vivax genes under positive selection

Abstract Background The current trend of Plasmodium vivax cases imported from Southeast Asia into China has sharply increased recently, especially from the China–Myanmar border (CMB) area. High recombination rates of P. vivax populations associated with varied transmission intensity might cause dist...

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Main Authors: Hai-Mo Shen, Shen-Bo Chen, Yue Wang, Bin Xu, Eniola Michael Abe, Jun-Hu Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:Malaria Journal
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-017-1882-0