Allelic Diversity at the Merozoite Surface Protein-1 (MSP-1) Locus in Natural Plasmodium falciparum Populations: A Brief Overview

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 631-638

  Ferreira, Marcelo U ^a   Kaneko, Osamu ^b   Kimura, Masatsugu ^b   Liu, Qing ^c   Kawamoto, Fumihiko ^c   Tanabe, Kazuyuki ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d OSAKA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allelic diversity; Malaria; Merozoite surface protein 1; Plasmodium falciparum; Population genetics; Vaccine candidate

Indexed keywords

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TANZANIA; VIET NAM;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TANZANIA; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIETNAM;

EID: 0032149830     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761998000500013     Document Type: Review

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