Dynamics in multiplicity of Plasmodium falciparum infection among children with asymptomatic malaria in central Ghana

Abstract Background The determinants of malaria parasite virulence is not entirely known, but the outcome of malaria infection (asymptomatic or symptomatic) has been associated with carriage of distinct parasite genotypes. Alleles considered important for erythrocyte invasion and selected as candida...

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Main Authors: Akua Kyerewaa Botwe, Kwaku Poku Asante, George Adjei, Samuel Assafuah, David Dosoo, Seth Owusu-Agyei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:BMC Genetics
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MOI
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12863-017-0536-0