Study of the genetic discrimination between imported and autochthonous cases of malaria in South Korea

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-66

  Choi, Kyung Mi ^a,b   Choi, Yien Kyoung ^a,b   Kang, Young A ^c   Seo, Soon Young ^c   Lee, Hyeong Woo ^d   Cho, Shin Hyeong ^a   Lee, Won Ja ^a   Rhie, Ho Gun ^b   Lee, Ho Sa ^b   Kim, Jung Yeon ^a  

^a Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMSPOROZOITE PROTEIN; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; SOUTH KOREA;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HUMANS; INDIA; INDONESIA; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRAVEL;

EID: 78650960617     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00473.x     Document Type: Article

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