Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1 block 2 gene polymorphism in field isolates along the slope of mount Cameroon: A cross - sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Apinjoh, Tobias O ^a   Tata, Rolland B ^a   Anchang Kimbi, Judith K ^a   Chi, Hanesh F ^a   Fon, Eleanor M ^a   Mugri, Regina N ^a   Tangoh, Delphine A ^a   Nyingchu, Robert V ^a   Ghogomu, Stephen M ^a   Nkuo Akenji, Theresa ^a   Achidi, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE LOAD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938600731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-1066-x     Document Type: Article

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