Genetic relatedness of Plasmodium falciparum isolates and the origin of allelic diversity at the merozoite surface protein-1 (MSP-1) locus in Brazil and Vietnam

Malaria Journal

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-8

  Hoffmann, Erika H E ^a   Ribolla, Paulo E M ^b   Ferreira, Marcelo U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; CLONE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MITOTIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIET NAM;

EID: 3042659092     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-2-1     Document Type: Article

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