Low genetic diversity and functional constraint in loci encoding Plasmodium vivax P12 and P38 proteins in the Colombian population

Background Plasmodium vivax is one of the five species causing malaria in human beings, affecting around 391 million people annually. The development of an anti-malarial vaccine has been proposed as an alternative for controlling this disease. However, its development has been hampered by allele-sp...

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Autores Principales: Forero Rodríguez, Johanna, Garzón Ospina, Diego, Patarroyo, Manuel A.
Formato: Artículo (Article)
Lenguaje:Inglés (English)
Publicado: Universidad del Rosario 2014
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Acceso en línea:http://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/8822