Nature Communications (May 2021)
Distinctive genetic structure and selection patterns in Plasmodium vivax from South Asia and East Africa
- Ernest Diez Benavente,
- Emilia Manko,
- Jody Phelan,
- Monica Campos,
- Debbie Nolder,
- Diana Fernandez,
- Gabriel Velez-Tobon,
- Alberto Tobón Castaño,
- Jamille G. Dombrowski,
- Claudio R. F. Marinho,
- Anna Caroline C. Aguiar,
- Dhelio Batista Pereira,
- Kanlaya Sriprawat,
- Francois Nosten,
- Robert Moon,
- Colin J. Sutherland,
- Susana Campino,
- Taane G. Clark
Affiliations
- Ernest Diez Benavente
- Faculty of Infectious & Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- Emilia Manko
- Faculty of Infectious & Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- Jody Phelan
- Faculty of Infectious & Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- Monica Campos
- Faculty of Infectious & Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- Debbie Nolder
- Faculty of Infectious & Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- Diana Fernandez
- Grupo Malaria, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia
- Gabriel Velez-Tobon
- Grupo Malaria, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia
- Alberto Tobón Castaño
- Grupo Malaria, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia
- Jamille G. Dombrowski
- Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo
- Claudio R. F. Marinho
- Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo
- Anna Caroline C. Aguiar
- Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo
- Dhelio Batista Pereira
- Research Center for Tropical Medicine of Rondonia
- Kanlaya Sriprawat
- Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot
- Francois Nosten
- Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot
- Robert Moon
- Faculty of Infectious & Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- Colin J. Sutherland
- Faculty of Infectious & Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- Susana Campino
- Faculty of Infectious & Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- Taane G. Clark
- Faculty of Infectious & Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23422-3
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
The genetic diversity of Plasmodium vivax strains in South Asia isn’t well described. Here, the authors sequence P. vivax from returning UK travelers and establish South Asian isolates as subpopulation distinct from East African and South East Asian isolates.
