Merezoite surface antigen 1 and 2 genotypes and resetting of Plasmodium falciparum in severe and mild malaria in Lambarene, Gabon

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 110-114

  Kun, Jürgen F T ^a   Schmidt Ott, Ruprecht J ^a,b,d   Lehman, Leopold G ^a,b   Lell, Bertrand ^a,b,c   Luckner, Doris ^a,b,c   Greve, Bernhard ^b   Matousek, Peter ^b,c   Kremsner, Peter G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gabon; Malaria; Merozoite surface antigens; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GABON; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROSETTE FORMATION; ANIMAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROSETTE FORMATION;

EID: 0031595851     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)90979-8     Document Type: Article

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