Prevalence of antibodies to the circumsporozite protein of Plasmodium vivax in five different regions of Korea

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1062-1067

  Lee, Kap No ^a,g   Suh, In Bum ^a   Chang, Eun Ah ^a   Kim, Soon Duck ^b   Cho, Nam Sun ^c   Park, Phil Whan ^d   An, Seong Soo A ^e,h   Park, Ok ^e,f   Lim, Chaeseung ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c BLOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Gachon University   (South Korea)

^e Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^f PeopleBio Inc   (South Korea)

^g Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^h 114B Yonsei Engineering Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Circumsporozoite protein; Plasmodium vivax; Republic of Korea; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMSPOROZOITE PROTEIN; CIRCUMSPOROZOITE PROTEIN, PROTOZOAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MALARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC PATHOLOGY; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH KOREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INCIDENCE; KOREA; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

ANIMALIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0346216117     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-2276.2003.01136.x     Document Type: Article

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