Impact of seasonal variations in Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission on the surveillance of pfhrp2 gene deletions

Ten countries have reported pfhrp2/pfhrp3 gene deletions since the first observation of pfhrp2-deleted parasites in 2012. In a previous study (Watson et al., 2017), we characterised the drivers selecting for pfhrp2/3 deletions and mapped the regions in Africa with the greatest selection pressure. In...

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Main Authors: Oliver John Watson, Robert Verity, Azra C Ghani, Tini Garske, Jane Cunningham, Antoinette Tshefu, Melchior K Mwandagalirwa, Steven R Meshnick, Jonathan B Parr, Hannah C Slater
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2019-05-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/40339

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