Relationship between in vivo synchronicity of Plasmodium falciparum and allelic diversity

Parasitology International

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 390-393

  Touré Ndouo, Fousseyni S ^a   Zang Edou, Estelle S ^a   Bisvigou, Ulrich ^a   Mezui Me Ndong, Jérôme ^a  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Allelic diversity; PCR; Plasmodium falciparum; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 2;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOZOITE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ERYTHROCYTES; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MEROZOITES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TROPHOZOITES;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 70349754177     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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