Substantial population structure of Plasmodium vivax in Thailand facilitates identification of the sources of residual transmission.

• Main Authors: Veerayuth Kittichai (Author), Cristian Koepfli (Author), Wang Nguitragool (Author), Jetsumon Sattabongkot (Author), Liwang Cui (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Plasmodium vivax transmission in Thailand has been substantially reduced over the past 10 years, yet it remains highly endemic along international borders. Understanding the genetic relationship of residual parasite populations can help track the origins of the parasites that are reintroduced into m...