Genetic structure of Plasmodium falciparum populations in the Brazilian Amazon region

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 190, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1547-1555

  Machado, Ricardo L D ^a,c   Póvoa, Marinete M ^a   Calvosa, Vanja S P ^a   Ferreira, Marcelo U ^c   Rossit, Andrea R B ^c   Dos Santos, Eduardo J M ^b   Conway, David J ^d  

^a INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^b University of Para   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 6944255287     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/424601     Document Type: Article

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