Reservoir and Little Population Structure in the South Pacific

in malaria elimination is increasingly being recognized, yet little is known about its population size and population genetic structure in the South Pacific, an area that is the focus of intensified malaria control. isolates from four geographically distinct sites in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and one site from Solomon Islands, representing different transmission intensities. = 0.16). endemicity. Prior to intensification of malaria control programs in the study area, parasite diversity and effective population size remained high