Allelic diversity at the merozoite surface protein-1 locus of Plasmodium falciparum in clinical isolates from the southwestern Brazilian Amazon

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 474-480

  Ferreira, Marcelo Urbano ^a,b   Liu, Qing ^b   Kaneko, Osamu ^c,d   Kimura, Masatsugu ^c   Tanabe, Kazuyuki ^e   Kimura, Emilia Akemi Shiraishi ^a   Katzin, Alejandro Miguel ^a   Isomura, Shin ^b   Kawamoto, Fumihiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e OSAKA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYBRID; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031683005     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.474     Document Type: Article

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