Entomologic and molecular investigation into Plasmodium vivax transmission in Singapore, 2009

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ng, Lee Ching ^a   Lee, Kim Sung ^a   Tan, Cheong Huat ^a   Ooi, Peng Lim ^b   Lam Phua, Sai Gek ^a   Lin, Raymond ^b   Pang, Sook Cheng ^a   Lai, Yee Ling ^a   Solhan, Suhana ^b   Chan, Pei Pei ^b   Wong, Kit Yin ^a   Ho, Swee Tuan ^a   Vythilingam, Indra ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (Singapore)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 3ALPHA; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 3, PLASMODIUM; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES SINENSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGAPORE; SPOROZOITE; TRAVEL; ZOOLOGY; ADULT; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 77958580683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-305     Document Type: Article

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