Clonal population expansion in an outbreak of Plasmodium falciparum on the northwest coast of Ecuador
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- 作者：Fabián E. Sáenz ; Lindsay C. Morton ; Sheila Akinyi Okoth…
- 关键词：Plasmodium falciparum ; Malaria ; Ecuador ; Outbreak ; Microsatellite markers
- 刊名：Malaria Journal
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：December 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：14
- 期：1
- 全文大小：2,112 KB
- 刊物主题：Parasitology; Infectious Diseases; Tropical Medicine;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1475-2875
文摘
Background Determining the source of malaria outbreaks in Ecuador and identifying remaining transmission foci will help in malaria elimination efforts. In this study, the genetic signatures of Plasmodium falciparum isolates, obtained from an outbreak that occurred in northwest Ecuador from 2012 to 2013, were characterized.