Population genomics reveals the expansion of highly inbred Plasmodium vivax lineages in the main malaria hotspot of Brazil.

• Main Authors: Thaís Crippa de Oliveira (Author), Rodrigo M Corder (Author), Angela Early (Author), Priscila T Rodrigues (Author), Simone Ladeia-Andrade (Author), João Marcelo P Alves (Author), Daniel E Neafsey (Author), Marcelo U Ferreira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Plasmodium vivax is a neglected human malaria parasite that causes significant morbidity in the Americas, the Middle East, Asia, and the Western Pacific. Population genomic approaches remain little explored to map local and regional transmission pathways of P. vivax ac...