How prevalant are Plasmodium ovale and P. malariae in East Asia?

Parasitology Today

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 422-426

  Kawamoto, F ^d   Kawamoto, Hiko ^a   Liu, Qing ^a   Ferreira, Marcelo U ^b   Tantular, Indah S ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

^c AIRLANGGA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAR EAST; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; FAR EAST; HUMANS; MALARIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PREVALENCE; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033211486     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(99)01511-2     Document Type: Short Survey

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