Microsatellite DNA analysis revealed a drastic genetic change of Plasmodium vivax population in the Republic of Korea during 2002 and 2003.

• Main Authors: Moritoshi Iwagami (Author), Seung-Young Hwang (Author), So-Hee Kim (Author), So-Jung Park (Author), Ga-Young Lee (Author), Emilie Louise Akiko Matsumoto-Takahashi (Author), Weon-Gyu Kho (Author), Shigeyuki Kano (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Vivax malaria was successfully eliminated in the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in the late 1970s, but it was found to have re-emerged from 1993. In order to control malaria and evaluate the effectiveness of malaria controls, it is important to develop a spatiotemporal understanding of the genetic...