Allelic diversity in the merozoite surface protein-1 and epidemiology of multiple-clone Plasmodium falciparum infections in northern Tanzania

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1286-1289

  Ferreira, M U ^b   Liu M Kimura, Q ^a   Ndawi, B T ^c   Tanabe, K ^d   Kawamoto, F ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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

^d OSAKA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MALARIA VACCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANZANIA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 0032432089     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284693     Document Type: Article

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