Tracing the geographic origins of Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites

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Xin-zhuan Su. Pathog Glob Health. 2014 Sep.

. 2014 Sep;108(6):261-2.

doi: 10.1179/2047772414Z.000000000225.

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A barcode of organellar genome polymorphisms identifies the geographic origin of Plasmodium falciparum strains.
Preston MD, Campino S, Assefa SA, Echeverry DF, Ocholla H, Amambua-Ngwa A, Stewart LB, Conway DJ, Borrmann S, Michon P, Zongo I, Ouédraogo JB, Djimde AA, Doumbo OK, Nosten F, Pain A, Bousema T, Drakeley CJ, Fairhurst RM, Sutherland CJ, Roper C, Clark TG. Preston MD, et al. Nat Commun. 2014 Jun 13;5:4052. doi: 10.1038/ncomms5052. Nat Commun. 2014. PMID: 24923250 Free PMC article.

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