Genetic characterization of an epidemic of Plasmodium falciparum malaria among Yanomami Amerindians

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2081-2085

  Laserson, K F ^a,c   Petralanda, I ^b,d   Almera, R ^b,e   Barker Jr , R H ^a,f   Spielman, A ^a   Maguire, J H ^a   Wirth, Dyann F ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Ctro Amazonico para la Invest y C   (Venezuela)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Asoc Civ para Invest y C   (Venezuela)

^e Hospital Vargas de Caracas   (Venezuela)

^f GENZYME CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RURAL POPULATION; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0032736615     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315144     Document Type: Article

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