The Phylogeny of malaria: a useful study.
Phylogenetic analyses allow an inference of the origins and evolutionary relationships between organisms. Andy Waters, Des Higgins and Tom McCutchan here discuss the benefits of an accurate understanding of these origins and relationships for malaria parasites to the modern fields of vaccine development, pathology and epidemiology.
Waters
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Department of Parasitology, University of Leiden, Postbus 9605, 2300RC Leiden, The Netherlands.
Higgins
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McCutchan
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