Multiplicity of Infection and Disease Severity in Plasmodium vivax.

Multiplicity of Infection and Disease Severity in Plasmodium vivax.

Multiplicity of infection (MOI) refers to the average number of distinct parasite genotypes concurrently infecting a patient. Although several studies have reported on MOI and the frequency of multiclonal infections in Plasmodium falciparum, there is limited data on Plasmodium vivax. Here, MOI and t...

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Main Authors: M Andreína Pacheco, Mary Lopez-Perez, Andrés F Vallejo, Sócrates Herrera, Myriam Arévalo-Herrera, Ananias A Escalante
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4709143?pdf=render

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