Genome-wide diversity and differentiation in New World populations of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax.

The Americas were the last continent colonized by humans carrying malaria parasites. Plasmodium falciparum from the New World shows very little genetic diversity and greater linkage disequilibrium, compared with its African counterparts, and is clearly subdivided into local, highly divergent populat...

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Main Authors: Thais C de Oliveira, Priscila T Rodrigues, Maria José Menezes, Raquel M Gonçalves-Lopes, Melissa S Bastos, Nathália F Lima, Susana Barbosa, Alexandra L Gerber, Guilherme Loss de Morais, Luisa Berná, Jody Phelan, Carlos Robello, Ana Tereza R de Vasconcelos, João Marcelo P Alves, Marcelo U Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-07-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5552344?pdf=render