Multiplicity and diversity of plasmodium vivax infections in a highly endemic region in papua New Guinea

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Koepfli, Cristian ^a,b   Ross, Amanda ^a,b   Kiniboro, Benson ^c   Smith, Thomas A ^a,b   Zimmerman, Peter A ^d   Siba, Peter ^c   Mueller, Ivo ^c,e,f   Felger, Ingrid ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^f CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1 F3 FRAGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

AGE; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1 F3 FRAGMENT GENE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIABILITY; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENDEMIC DISEASES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, VIVAX; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 84855275518     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001424     Document Type: Article

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