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Genomic insights into the other malaria

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Plasmodium vivax has received less attention and study than Plasmodium falciparum, due in part to difficulties in culturing this pathogen. Whole-genome sequencing of both P. vivax and Plasmodium cynomolgi and characterization of genetic variation in these species provide a genetic toolbox for tertian malaria and new insights into the monkey malaria clade.

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Figure 1: Phylogenic tree of Plasmodium causing malaria in different species.

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  1. Neil Hall is at the Centre for Genomic Research at the Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.,

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Hall, N. Genomic insights into the other malaria. Nat Genet 44, 962–963 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2392

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