Genotypes of merozoite surface protein 2 of Plasmodium falciparum in Tanzania.

doi:10.1016/s0035-9203(99)90320-6

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Genotypes of merozoite surface protein 2 of Plasmodium falciparum in Tanzania.

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - 1 Feb 1999

Felger I, Irion A, Steiger S, Beck H P

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The merozoite surface protein 2 (MSP2) of Plasmodium falciparum is extremely polymorphic: 82 different msp2 alleles were found in 4 studies of molecular epidemiology conducted in Tanzania. This diversity renders msp2 suitable as a marker gene for the genotyping of P. falciparum infections. Amplif...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Antigens, Protozoan
Genotype
Humans
Malaria, Falciparum
Plasmodium falciparum
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Protozoan Proteins
Tanzania

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