Genotyping of plasmodium vivax infections in sri lanka using pvmsp-3α and pvcs genes as markers: A preliminary report

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 100-106

  Manamperi, Aresha ^a   Mahawithanage, Sanath ^b   Fernando, Deepika ^b   Wickremasinghe, Renu ^c   Bandara, Anura ^a   Hapuarachchi, Chanditha ^a   Abeyewickreme, Wimaladharma ^a   Wickremasinghe, Rajitha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMSPOROZOITE PROTEIN, PROTOZOAN; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 3, PLASMODIUM; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SRI LANKA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALARIA, VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SRI LANKA;

EID: 69449100048     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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