Nature Communications (Jul 2018)

Genomic analysis of a pre-elimination Malaysian Plasmodium vivax population reveals selective pressures and changing transmission dynamics

  • Sarah Auburn,
  • Ernest D. Benavente,
  • Olivo Miotto,
  • Richard D. Pearson,
  • Roberto Amato,
  • Matthew J. Grigg,
  • Bridget E. Barber,
  • Timothy William,
  • Irene Handayuni,
  • Jutta Marfurt,
  • Hidayat Trimarsanto,
  • Rintis Noviyanti,
  • Kanlaya Sriprawat,
  • Francois Nosten,
  • Susana Campino,
  • Taane G. Clark,
  • Nicholas M. Anstey,
  • Dominic P. Kwiatkowski,
  • Ric N. Price

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04965-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Plasmodium vivax incidence in Malaysia has declined markedly over the last decade, despite evidence of chloroquine resistance. Here, Auburn et al. compare population structure of P. vivax in Malaysia to regions with intermediate and high transmission and identify genetic regions under putative selection.