Molecular epidemiology of malaria in Cameroon. XVIII. Polymorphisms of the Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface antigen-2 gene in isolates from symptomatic patients

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 238-244

  Basco, Leonardo K ^a   Tahar, Rachida ^b   Escalante, Ananias ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 2;

ALLELISM; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CAMEROON; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MSA2 GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WILD TYPE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 1642346220     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.70.238     Document Type: Article

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