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Variation in infection length and superinfection enhance selection efficiency in the human malaria parasite

The capacity for adaptation is central to the evolutionary success of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Malaria epidemiology is characterized by the circulation of multiple, genetically diverse parasite clones, frequent superinfection, and highly variable infection lengths, a large n...

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Autores principales: Chang, Hsiao-Han, Childs, Lauren M., Buckee, Caroline O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4872237/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27193195
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep26370