Genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein-1 block 2 in sites of contrasting altitudes and malaria endemicities in the Mount Cameroon Region

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 764-774

  Wanji, Samuel ^a,b   Kengne Ouafo, Arnaud J ^a,b   Joan Eyong, Ebanga E ^a,b   Kimbi, Helen K ^b   Tendongfor, Nicholas ^a,b   Ndamukong Nyanga, Judith L ^a,b   Nana Djeunga, Hugues C ^c   Bourguinat, Catherine ^d   Sofeu Feugaing, David D ^a,b   Charvet, Claude L ^e  

^a Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and the Environment REFOTDE   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UR1282   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1;

ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAMEROON; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INOCULATION; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; SCHOOL CHILD; ZOOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; ALTITUDE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84861813647     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0433     Document Type: Article

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