Changes in Malaria Parasite Drug Resistance in an Endemic Population Over a 25-Year Period With Resulting Genomic Evidence of Selection
Author(s) -
Davis Nwakanma,
Craig W. Duffy,
Alfred AmambuaNgwa,
Eniyou Oriero,
Kalifa Bojang,
Margaret Pinder,
Chris Drakeley,
Colin J. Sutherland,
Paul Milligan,
Bronwyn MacInnis,
Dominic Kwiatkowski,
Taane G. Clark,
Brian Greenwood,
David J. Conway
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jit618
Subject(s) - biology , drug resistance , malaria , genetics , single nucleotide polymorphism , plasmodium falciparum , population , dhps , genome , allele , gene , genotype , medicine , immunology , environmental health
Analysis of genome-wide polymorphism in many organisms has potential to identify genes under recent selection. However, data on historical allele frequency changes are rarely available for direct confirmation.
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