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Volume 16, Number 9—September 2010
Dispatch

Co-infections with Plasmodium knowlesi and Other Malaria Parasites, Myanmar

Ning Jiang1, Qiaocheng Chang1, Xiaodong Sun1, Huijun Lu, Jigang Yin, Zaixing Zhang, Mats Wahlgren, and Qijun ChenComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Author affiliations: Jilin University, Changchun, People’s Republic of China (N. Jiang, Q. Chang, H. Lu, J. Yin, Q. Chen); Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China (X. Sun, Z. Zhang, Q. Chen); Institute for Parasitic Disease Control, Puer City, People’s Republic of China (X. Sun, Z. Zhang); Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (M. Wahlgren, Q. Chen)

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Figure

Phylogenetic analysis of A-type and S-type 18S small subunit (SSU) rRNA gene sequences of Plasmodium spp., Myanmar, 2008. Fragments of 18S SSU rRNA gene sequences of samples were analyzed by aligning with published homologous sequences of P. falciparum, P. vivax, and P. knowlesi. A phylogenetic tree was constructed on the basis of similarities by using MEGA version 4.1 (13). Novel sequences identified in this study are indicated in boldface. Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.

Figure. Phylogenetic analysis of A-type and S-type 18S small subunit (SSU) rRNA gene sequences of Plasmodium spp., Myanmar, 2008. Fragments of 18S SSU rRNA gene sequences of samples were analyzed by aligning with published homologous sequences of P. falciparum, P. vivax, and P. knowlesi. A phylogenetic tree was constructed on the basis of similarities by using MEGA version 4.1 (13). Novel sequences identified in this study are indicated in boldface. Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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