A closer look at multiple-clone Plasmodium vivax infections: detection methods, prevalence and consequences
The naturally occurring clonal diversity among field isolates of the major human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax remained unexplored until the early 1990s, when improved molecular methods allowed the use of blood samples obtained directly from patients, without prior in vitro culture, for genotypi...
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
2009-02-01
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| Series: | Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762009000100011 |