Molecular analysis of two local falciparum malaria outbreaks on the French Guiana coast confirms the msp1 B-K1/varD genotype association with severe malaria

Malaria Journal

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Legrand, Eric ^a   Volney, Beatrice ^a   Lavergne, Anne ^a   Tournegros, Caroline ^a   Florent, Loïc ^a   Accrombessi, Doris ^a   Guillotte, Micheline ^b   Mercereau Puijalon, Odile ^b   Philippe, Esterre ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LA GUYANE   (French Guiana)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FRANCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITISM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FRENCH GUIANA; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 23944452157     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-4-26     Document Type: Article

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