Genetic diversity of zoonotic malaria parasites from mosquito vector and vertebrate hosts.

This study provides a preliminary snapshot of the structure of these populations, that was insufficient to answer our aim. Thus, collection of parasites from their various hosts and over time, associated with a systematic analysis of a set of genetical loci is strongly advocated in order to obtain a clear picture of the parasite population and the flow between different hosts. This is important to devise measures that will minimise the risk of transmission to humans, because zoonotic malaria impedes malaria elimination. PMID: 30999059 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Infection, Genetics and Evolution - April 14, 2019 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Wong ML, Ahmed MA, Sulaiman WYW, Manin BO, Leong CS, Quan FS, Chua TH, Drakeley C, Snounou G, Vythilingam I Tags: Infect Genet Evol Source Type: research