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Change in Plasmodium falciparum genotype during successive malaria episodes in Gabonese children.
Parasitology research - 1 Dec 2001
Missinou M A, Kun J F, Lell B, Kremsner P G
Abstract excerpt
Extensive polymorphism in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum is one of the major obstacles to controlling the disease. With the aim of analysing the dynamics of P. falciparum inoculations, we investigated the parasite genotypes of successive malaria episodes. Polymerase chain reaction was performed on blood samples collected longitudinally from 31 children in Lambaréné, Gabon. The polymorphic regions of...
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