Plasmodium malariae structure and genetic diversity in sub-Saharan Africa determined from microsatellite variants and linked SNPs in orthologues of antimalarial resistance genes

Abstract Plasmodium malariae, a neglected human malaria parasite, contributes up to 10% of malaria infections in sub-Saharan Africa (sSA). Though P. malariae infection is considered clinically benign, it presents mostly as coinfections with the dominant P. falciparum. Completion of its reference gen...

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Main Authors: Eniyou C. Oriero, Martha A. Demba, Mouhamadou F. Diop, Deus S. Ishengoma, Lucas N. Amenga-Etego, Anita Ghansah, Tobias Apinjoh, Soulama Issiaka, Abdoulaye Djimde, Umberto D’Alessandro, Martin Meremikwu, Alfred Amambua-Ngwa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26625-w