Genetic polymorphism of falciparum malaria vaccine candidate antigen genes among field isolates in India

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 103-108

  Ranjit, Manoranjan R ^a   Sharma, Yagya D ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MALARIA VACCINE; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; INDIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPOROZOITE;

EID: 0032788709     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.103     Document Type: Article

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