Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax infections in the Peruvian Amazon: Propagation of complex, multiple allele-type infections without super-infection

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 950-960

  Sutton, Patrick L ^a   Neyra, Victor ^b   Hernandez, Jean N ^c   Branch, OraLee H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA AMAZONÍA PERUANA   (Peru)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTCROSSING; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PERU; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SUPERINFECTION; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM PARASITES; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PERU; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 73949103805     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.09-0132     Document Type: Article

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