Article
Genetic diversity and multiple infections of Plasmodium vivax malaria in Western Thailand.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 May 2003
Cui Liwang, Mascorro Carlye N, Fan Ql, Rzomp Kimberly A, Khuntirat Benjawan, Zhou Guofa, Chen Hong, Yan Guiyun, Sattabongkot Jetsumon
Abstract excerpt
Using two polymorphic genetic markers, the merozoite surface protein-3alpha (MSP-3alpha) and the circumsporozoite protein (CSP), we investigated the population diversity of Plasmodium vivax in Mae Sod, Thailand from April 2000 through June 2001. Genotyping the parasites isolated from 90 malaria patients attending two local clinics for the dimorphic CSP gene revealed that the majority of the parasites (77%) were...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antigens, Protozoan
- Base Sequence
- Conserved Sequence
- Gene Deletion
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Markers
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Humans
- Incidence
- Malaria, Vivax