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Title: | Genetic diversity and signatures of selection of drug resistance in Plasmodium populations from both human and mosquito hosts in continental Equatorial Guinea | Authors: | Mendes, Cristina Salgueiro, Patrícia Gonzalez, Vicenta Berzosa, Pedro Benito, Agustin Rosário, Virgílio E. do Sousa, Bruno de Cano, Jorge Arez, Ana Paula |
Keywords: | Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Animals; Antimalarials; Child; Child, Preschool; Culicidae; DNA, Protozoan; Equatorial Guinea; Female; Genes, Protozoan; Humans; Infant; Malaria; Male; Middle Aged; Plasmodium; Point Mutation; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Selection, Genetic; Young Adult; Drug Resistance; Genetic Markers; Genetic Variation | Issue Date: | 2013 | Serial title, monograph or event: | Malaria Journal | Volume: | 12 | Issue: | 1 | Abstract: | In Plasmodium, the high level of genetic diversity and the interactions established by co-infecting parasite populations within the same host may be a source of selection on pathogen virulence and drug resistance. As different patterns have already been described in humans and mosquitoes, parasite diversity and population structure should be studied in both hosts to properly assess their effects on infection and transmission dynamics. This study aimed to characterize the circulating populations of Plasmodium spp and Plasmodium falciparum from a combined set of human blood and mosquito samples gathered in mainland Equatorial Guinea. Further, the origin and evolution of anti-malarial resistance in this area, where malaria remains a major public health problem were traced. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/46917 | DOI: | 10.1186/1475-2875-12-114 | Rights: | openAccess |
Appears in Collections: | I&D CINEICC - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
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