Molecular epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax in the State of Amazonas, Brazil

Acta Tropica

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-46

  Santos Ciminera, Patricia D ^a,b   Alecrim, Maria das Graças C ^b   Roberts, Donald R ^a   Quinnan Jr , Gerald V ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b FUNDAÇÃO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL DR HEITOR VIEIRA DOURADO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CSP gene; Disease manifestation; Genetic diversity; Laboratory data; MSP 1 gene; Plasmodium vivax; SSUrRNA Type A gene

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CIRCUMSPOROZOITE PROTEIN; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; THYMIDINE;

DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MALARIA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARASITE; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMORPHISM;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CODON; COHORT ANALYSIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MALARIA, VIVAX; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 34249307779     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2007.02.013     Document Type: Article

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