Diversity of Plasmodium falciparum populations and complexity of infections in relation to transmission intensity and host age: A study from the Usambara Mountains, Tanzania

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 143-148

  Bendixen, M ^a,b   Msangeni, H A ^c   Pedersen, B V ^b   Shayo, D ^a   Bedker, R ^a  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Age; Genetic diversity; Malaria; msp 1; msp 2; Multiple infection; Plasmodium falciparum; Tanzania; Transmission intensity

Indexed keywords

MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 2;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOST; HUMAN; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLE; TANZANIA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0035295426     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(01)90140-3     Document Type: Article

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