3. Genetic structure and dynamics of Plasmodium falciparum infections in the Kilombero region of Tanzania

H. A. Babiker*, L. C. Ranford-Cartwright, D. Walliker

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نتاج البحث: المساهمة في مجلةArticleمراجعة النظراء

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ملخص

Plasmodium falciparum parasites exist as genetically distinct haploid clones in infected people. In the Kilombero valley in south-east Tanzania, at least 85% of the inhabitants of Michenga village harbour more than one clone. Using 2 highly polymorphic unlinked markers, it has been estimated that each infected person harbours between one and 6 P. falciparum clones at any one time, with a mean of 3.5 clones. When mosquitoes acquire gametocytes of 2 different clones in a blood meal, crossing generates recombinant clones differing from their parental genotypes. The inbreeding coefficient of the parasite population has been estimated as 0.33.

اللغة الأصليةEnglish
الصفحات (من إلى)11-14
عدد الصفحات4
دوريةTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
مستوى الصوت93
رقم الإصدارSUPPL. 1
المعرِّفات الرقمية للأشياء
حالة النشرPublished - 1999
منشور خارجيًانعم

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