A preliminary study of genetic diversity of MSP-1 types in Plasmodium falciparum in southern province of Sistan Baluchistan of Iran

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 368-372

  Zahra, Zamani ^a   Reza, Razavi Mohammad ^a   Mehdi, Assmar ^a   Sedigheh, Sadeghi ^a   Fatemeh, Pourfallah ^a   Nikoo, Nasoohi ^a   Ashraf, Sheibani ^b   Mohammad, Raisi ^c  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b ALZAHRA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

Association types; Merozoite surface protein; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 33847069616     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.368.372     Document Type: Article

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