Longitudinal analysis of Plasmodium falciparum genetic variation in Turbo, Colombia: implications for malaria control and elimination

ABSTRACT: Background: Malaria programmes estimate changes in prevalence to evaluate their efficacy. In this study, parasite genetic data was used to explore how the demography of the parasite population can inform about the processes driving variation in prevalence. In particular, how changes in tre...

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Autores:

Zuluaga Idarraga, Lina Marcela
Blair Trujillo, Silvia
Taylor, Jesse E.
Chenet, Stella M.
Escalante, Ananias A.

Tipo de recurso:

Article of investigation

Fecha de publicación:

2015

Institución:

Universidad de Antioquia

Repositorio:

Repositorio UdeA

Idioma:

eng

OAI Identifier:

oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/34764

Acceso en línea:

https://hdl.handle.net/10495/34764

Palabra clave:

Anciano de 80 o más Años
Aged, 80 and over
Malaria, Falciparum
Plasmodium falciparum
Tasa de Mutación
Mutation Rate
Repeticiones de Microsatélite
Microsatellite Repeats
Colombia - epidemiología
Colombia / epidemiology

Rights

openAccess

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/