Plasmodium diversity in non-malaria individuals from the Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea (West Central-Africa)

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Guerra Neira, Ana ^a   Rubio, José M ^b   Roche Royo, Jesús ^a   Cano Ortega, Jorge ^a   Auñón, Antonio Sarrión ^a   Berzosa Diaz, Pedro ^b   Benito Llanes, Austín ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Equatorial Guinea)

^b Red de Investigación de Centros de Enfermedades Tropicales RICET Madrid   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 2; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHILD; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33747432969     PISSN: 1476072X     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-5-27     Document Type: Article

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