title: Malaria dispersal among islands: human mediated Plasmodium falciparum gene flow in Vanuatu, Melanesia.
abstract: A comparison of human and Plasmodium falciparum gene flow patterns in the model island system of Vanuatu, the limit of malaria in the Pacific reveals that human movement is essential for long, but not short distance P. falciparum gene flow. This suggests that long distance movement of humans may accelerate the evolution and spread of drug resistance and therefore exacerbate the global malaria problem.
authors.affiliation: Department of International Affairs and Tropical Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan.
authors.forename: J Koji
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Lum
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: Kazuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Björkman
authors.forename: Takatoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayakawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D008542:Melanesia / Q000453:epidemiology; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D016054:DNA, Protozoan