Sequence variation in the small-subunit rRNA gene of Plasmodium malariae and prevalence of isolates with the variant sequence in Sichuan, China

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3378-3381

  Liu, Qing ^a,c   Zhu, Shenghua ^c   Mizuno, Sahoko ^a   Kimura, Masatsugu ^b   Liu, Peina ^c   Isomura, Shin ^a   Wang, Xingzhen ^c   Kawamoto, Fumihiko ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE;

PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM SP.; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031690453     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.11.3378-3381.1998     Document Type: Article

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