Genetic diversity of merozoite surface protein-1 gene of Plasmodium vivax isolates in mining villages of Venezuela (Bolivar State)

Acta Tropica

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 26-32

  Leclerc, Marie Claude ^a   Gauthier, Céline ^a   Villegas, Leopoldo ^b   Urdaneta, Ludmel ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Instituto de Altos Estudios Dr Arnoldo Gabaldon   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP 1); Plasmodium vivax; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1;

GENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; VENEZUELA;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GOLD; HUMANS; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MINING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS); VENEZUELA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 20444366539     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2005.03.007     Document Type: Article

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