Multiple genotypes of the merozoite surface proteins 1 and 2 in Plasmodium falciparum infections in a hypoendemic area in Iran

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1060-1064

  Zakeri, Sedigheh ^a   Bereczky, Sándor ^b,d   Naimi, Parin ^a   Gil, J Pedro ^b,d   Djadid, Navid Dinparast ^a   Färnert, Anna ^b,d   Snounou, Georges ^c   Björkman, Anders ^b,d  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allelic family; Genetic diversity; Iran; Merozoite surface proteins 1 and 2; Plasmodium falciparum; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 2; MOLECULAR MARKER;

INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITOSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 26844554400     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01477.x     Document Type: Article

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