Wide distribution of Plasmodium ovale in Myanmar

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 231-239

  Win, T T ^a   Lin, K ^b   Mizuno, S ^a   Zhou, M ^a   Liu, Q ^a,c   Ferreira, M U ^a,d   Tantular, I S ^e   Kojima, S ^f   Ishii, A ^g   Kawamoto, F ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Vector Borne Diseases Control Project   (Myanmar)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e AIRLANGGA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^f MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^g JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Field survey; Malaria; Myanmar; PCR diagnosis; Plasmodium ovale

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; FIELD SURVEY; PARASITE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; MORPHOLOGY; MYANMAR; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MYANMAR;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036210323     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00857.x     Document Type: Article

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