Population genomics identifies a distinct Plasmodium vivax population on the China-Myanmar border of Southeast Asia.

• Main Authors: Awtum M Brashear (Author), Qi Fan (Author), Yubing Hu (Author), Yuling Li (Author), Yan Zhao (Author), Zenglei Wang (Author), Yaming Cao (Author), Jun Miao (Author), Alyssa Barry (Author), Liwang Cui (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Plasmodium vivax has become the predominant malaria parasite and a major challenge for malaria elimination in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). Yet, our knowledge about the evolution of P. vivax populations in the GMS is fragmental. We performed whole genome sequencing on 23 P. vivax samples from...