PLOS Papers on Plasmodium vivax Variation in Ethiopia, Childhood BMI Loci, More

Oct 19, 2020

For a paper in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, researchers from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte present findings from a genome sequencing analysis of the malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax. The team analyzed SNP, copy number, and other features in sequence data for 44 P. vivax isolates from individuals being treated for malaria in Ethiopia, uncovering more than 123,700 SNPs.

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