Article
Site-based study on polymorphism of Plasmodium falciparum MSP-1 and MSP-2 genes in isolates from two villages in Central Africa.
Parassitologia - 1 Dec 2000
Ntoumi F, Ngoundou-Landji J, Lekoulou F, Luty A, Deloron P, Ringwald P
Abstract excerpt
We investigated Plasmodium falciparum genetic diversity in isolates collected from school-going residents aged from 5 to 15 years in the village of Pouma (Cameroon, Central Africa). Seventy-six children were grouped according to the clinical status. Asymptomatic status was defined as parasite car...
Topics
- Animals
- Antigens, Protozoan
- Child
- Gabon
- Genes, Protozoan
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Humans
- Merozoite Surface Protein 1
- Plasmodium falciparum
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Protozoan Proteins
