Plasmodium ovale in Bangladesh: Genetic diversity and the first known evidence of the sympatric distribution of Plasmodium ovale curtisi and Plasmodium ovale wallikeri in southern Asia

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 693-699

  Fuehrer, Hans Peter ^a,b   Habler, Verena Elisabeth ^a,b   Fally, Markus Andreas ^a,b   Harl, Josef ^c   Starzengruber, Peter ^a,b   Swoboda, Paul ^a,b   Bloeschl, Ingrid ^a   Khan, Wasif Ali ^d   Noedl, Harald ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MARIB   (Bangladesh)

^c NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^d ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Cox1; Plasmodium ovale curtisi; Plasmodium ovale wallikeri; Porbp2; Potra; SsrRNA

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE 1; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PLASMODIUM OVALE RETICULOCYTE BINDING PROTEIN 2; PLASMODIUM OVALE TRYPTOPHAN RICH ANTIGEN; SINGLE STRANDED RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; GENE; GENETIC VARIATION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MALARIA; PARASITE; PROTOZOAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM OVALE CURTISI; PLASMODIUM OVALE MALARIA; PLASMODIUM OVALE WALLIKERI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RNA GENE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH ASIA; SYMPATRY; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM OVALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

BANGLADESH; CHITTAGONG [BANGLADESH]; CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS;

PLASMODIUM OVALE;

EID: 84862316050     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2012.04.015     Document Type: Article

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