Complexity of the msp2 locus and the severity of childhood malaria, in south-western Nigeria

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 95-102

  Amodu, O K ^a   Oyedeji, S I ^a   Ntoumi, F ^b   Orimadegun, A E ^a   Gbadegesin, R A ^a   Olumese, P E ^c   Omotade, O O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 2;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NIGERIA; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALLELES; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; NIGERIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 44449161573     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485908X252340     Document Type: Article

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