A study of genetic diversity in the gene encoding the circumsporozoite protein (CSP) of Plasmodium falciparum from different transmission areas - XVI. Asembo Bay Cohort Project

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 83-90

  Escalante, Ananias A ^a,b,c   Grebert, Heather M ^b   Isea, Raul ^d   Goldman, Ira F ^b   Basco, Leonardo ^e   Magris, Magda ^f   Biswas, Sukla ^g   Kariuki, Simon ^h   Lal, Altaf A ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^f Puerto Ayacucho   (Venezuela)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

^h KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Circumsporozoite; Evolution repeats; Genetic diversity; Geographic variation; Intragenic recombination; Malaria; Plasmodium; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ALLOTYPE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TANDEM REPEAT;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0036861060     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(02)00216-5     Document Type: Article

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