The prospect of malaria elimination in the Arabian Peninsula: a population genetic approach

Al-Hamidhi S 1 , Mahdy MA 2 , Idris MA 3 , Bin Dajem SM 4 , Al-Sheikh AA 5 , Al-Qahtani A 6 Show all authors , Al-Hashami Z 1 , Al-Farsi H 1 , Al-Mekhlafi AM 7 , Saif-Ali R 8 , Beja-Pereira A 9 , Babiker HA 10

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
  • 2 Research Department, University of Science and Technology, Sana'a, Yemen; Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
  • 4 Biology Department, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia
  • 5 National Centre for Training and Research, MOH, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
  • 6 Medical Research, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • 7 Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 8 Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Sana'a University, Yemen
  • 9 Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO), University of Porto, Rua Padre Armando Quintas 7, Vairão 4485-661, Portugal
  • 10 Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. Electronic address: [email protected]
Infect Genet Evol, 2014 Oct;27:25-31.
PMID: 24981966 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.06.015

Abstract

In the Arabian Peninsula malaria control is progressing steadily, backed by adequate logistic and political support. As a result, transmission has been interrupted throughout the region, with exception of limited sites in Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Here we examined Plasmodium falciparum parasites in these sites to assess if the above success has limited diversity and gene flow.

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