Article
Plasmodium falciparum: a comparative analysis of the genetic diversity in malaria-mesoendemic areas of Brazil and Madagascar.
Parasitology research - 1 Aug 2000
Sallenave-Sales S, Daubersies P, Mercereau-Puijalon O, Rahimalala L, Contamin H, Druilhe P, Daniel-Ribeiro C T, Ferreira-da-Cruz M F
Abstract excerpt
For a better definition of the polymorphic features of Plasmodium falciparum parasite populations, the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) typing technique was used to investigate the genetic diversity and complexity of parasites harbored by acute P. falciparum carriers from three yet unexplored malaria-mesoendemic areas with different transmission levels: two localities in northwestern Brazil (Ariquemes and Porto...
Topics
- Animals
- Antigens, Protozoan
- Brazil
- Endemic Diseases
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Madagascar
- Malaria, Falciparum
- Merozoite Surface Protein 1
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
