A survey of the Th2R and Th3R allelic variants in the circumsporozoite protein gene of P. falciparum parasites from Western Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 281-287

  Kumkhaek, Chutima ^a   Phra ek, Kooruethai ^b   Singhasivanon, Pratap ^a   Looareesuwan, Sornchai ^a   Hirunpetcharat, Chakrit ^a   Brockman, Alan ^b   Grüner, Anne Charlotte ^c   Lebrun, Nicolas ^c   Rénia, Laurent ^c   Nosten, François ^b   Snounou, Georges ^d   Khusmith, Srisin ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^c INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMSPOROZOITE PROTEIN; EPITOPE;

ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POINT MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; THAILAND;

EID: 4544350026     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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