ogaraK: a population genetics simulator for malaria
Author(s) -
Tiago Antão,
Ian M. Hastings
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
bioinformatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.599
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1367-4811
pISSN - 1367-4803
DOI - 10.1093/bioinformatics/btr139
Subject(s) - malaria , plasmodium falciparum , population , biology , population genetics , plasmodium (life cycle) , genetics , transmission (telecommunications) , computer science , computational biology , environmental health , medicine , immunology , parasite hosting , world wide web , telecommunications
The evolution of resistance in Plasmodium falciparum malaria against most available treatments is a major global health threat. Population genetics approaches are commonly used to model the spread of drug resistance. Due to uncommon features in malaria biology, existing forward-time population genetics simulators cannot suitably model Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
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