Description of a possible clonal expansion of Plasmodium vivax in Manaus - Amazonas - Brazil

Atypical P. vivax cases reported in Manaus municipality led us to detect a genetic isolate of P. vivax. Variable regions of SSUrRNA were examined from the initial time of infection and in the two recrudescences/relapses from a patient exhibiting chloroquine and primaquine resistance. A unique isolat...

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Main Authors: Alecrim, Maria das Graças Costa, Alecrim, Wilson Duarte, Macêdo, Vanize, Korves, Caroline T., Roberts, Donald R., Li, Jun, Sullivan, Margery, McCutchan, Thomas F.
Format: Artigo
Language: English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT 2017
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Online Access: http://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/25492
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