The Plasmodium vivax Merozoite Surface Protein 3β Sequence Reveals Contrasting Parasite Populations in Southern and Northwestern Thailand

• Chaturong Putaporntip ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chaturong Putaporntip, Jun Miao

  Affiliation Molecular Biology of Malaria and Opportunistic Parasites Research Unit, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Jun Miao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chaturong Putaporntip, Jun Miao

  Affiliation Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Napaporn Kuamsab,

  Affiliation Molecular Biology of Malaria and Opportunistic Parasites Research Unit, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Jetsumon Sattabongkot,

  Affiliation Vivax Malaria Research Center, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Jeeraphat Sirichaisinthop,

  Affiliation Vector Borne Disease Training Center, Pra Budhabat, Saraburi, Thailand

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• Somchai Jongwutiwes ,

  * E-mail: jongwutiwes@gmail.com (SJ); luc2@psu.edu (LC)

  Affiliation Molecular Biology of Malaria and Opportunistic Parasites Research Unit, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Liwang Cui

  * E-mail: jongwutiwes@gmail.com (SJ); luc2@psu.edu (LC)

  Affiliation Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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