Population Genetics of Plasmodium vivax in the Peruvian Amazon.

• Main Authors: Christopher Delgado-Ratto (Author), Dionicia Gamboa (Author), Veronica E Soto-Calle (Author), Peter Van den Eede (Author), Eliana Torres (Author), Luis Sánchez-Martínez (Author), Juan Contreras-Mancilla (Author), Anna Rosanas-Urgell (Author), Hugo Rodriguez Ferrucci (Author), Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas (Author), Annette Erhart (Author), Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden (Author), Umberto D'Alessandro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Characterizing the parasite dynamics and population structure provides useful information to understand the dynamic of transmission and to better target control interventions. Despite considerable efforts for its control, vivax malaria remains a major health problem in Peru. In this study...