Genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum and its relationship to parasite density in an area with different malaria endemicities in West Uganda

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 607-613

  Peyerl Hoffmann, G ^a,d   Jelinek, T ^a   Kilian, A ^b   Kabagambe, G ^c   Metzger, W G ^b   Von Sonnenburg, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit mbH   (Uganda)

^c District Health Services   (Uganda)

^d Department of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Plasmodium falciparum; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MALARIA; PARASITE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; UGANDA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; UGANDA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

UGANDA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034830790     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00761.x     Document Type: Article

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