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Complex infections in vivax malaria: the more you look, the more you find.

  • Journal Trends in parasitology

  • Published 27 Oct 2021

  • Volume 37

  • ISSUE 12

  • Pagination 1022-1023

  • DOI 10.1016/j.pt.2021.10.002

Abstract

The human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax commonly causes complex multiclonal infections. Recently, Dia et al. have developed innovative methods for single-cell sequencing (SCS) of P. vivax infections by adapting an approach used previously for Plasmodium falciparum. Their studies provide fascinating new insights into P. vivax intrahost diversity and evolution.