Short communication: Erythrocyte binding antigen (EBA-175) of Plasmodium falciparum: Improved genotype determination by nested polymerase chain reaction

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 767-769

  Touré, Fousseyni S ^a   Mavoungou, Elie ^b   Ndong, Jérǒme Mezui Me ^a   Tshipamba, Paul ^a   Deloron, Philippe ^a  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^b Institute of Tropical Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Erythrocyte binding antigen (EBA) 175 gene; Genotype determination; Nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; ERYTHROCYTE BINDING ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN; ERYTHROCYTE BINDING ANTIGEN 175, PLASMODIUM; ERYTHROCYTE-BINDING ANTIGEN 175, PLASMODIUM; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

GENOTYPE;

ACCURACY; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANIMAL; EVALUATION; GENETICS; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035489156     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00789.x     Document Type: Article

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