Development of a single nucleotide polymorphism barcode to genotype Plasmodium vivax infections.

• Main Authors: Mary Lynn Baniecki (Author), Aubrey L Faust (Author), Stephen F Schaffner (Author), Daniel J Park (Author), Kevin Galinsky (Author), Rachel F Daniels (Author), Elizabeth Hamilton (Author), Marcelo U Ferreira (Author), Nadira D Karunaweera (Author), David Serre (Author), Peter A Zimmerman (Author), Juliana M Sá (Author), Thomas E Wellems (Author), Lise Musset (Author), Eric Legrand (Author), Alexandre Melnikov (Author), Daniel E Neafsey (Author), Sarah K Volkman (Author), Dyann F Wirth (Author), Pardis C Sabeti (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Plasmodium vivax, one of the five species of Plasmodium parasites that cause human malaria, is responsible for 25-40% of malaria cases worldwide. Malaria global elimination efforts will benefit from accurate and effective genotyping tools that will provide insight into the population genetics and di...