Investigation of Copy Number Variations (CNVs) in South-East Asia (SEA) Plasmodium falciparum isolates and association with artemisinin resistance.

Malaria is a global infectious disease cause by a parasite of the Plasmodium genus. Anti-malarial drug resistance has been rising and there is an urgent need to understand the mechanisms behind drug resistance. Copy Number Variations (CNVs) have been shown to contribute to genetic variations and ass...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Guo, Weiliang.
Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/49291