Genetic diversity and differentiation in natural Plasmodium falciparum populations inferred by molecular typing of the merozoite surface proteins 1 and 2

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 527-530

  Pereira, Fabrício J T ^a   Cordeiro, José A ^b   Hoffmann, Erika H E ^c   Ferreira, Marcelo U ^a,c  

^a Lab de Parasitologia Molecular   (Brazil)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Malaria; Msp 1; Msp 2; Plasmodium falciparum; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 2; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 2, PLASMODIUM; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MEROZOITE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; POPULATION GENETICS; ANIMAL; GENE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036448542     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822002000500018     Document Type: Article

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