Article
Plasmodium falciparum: limited genetic diversity of MSP-2 in isolates circulating in Brazilian endemic areas.
Experimental parasitology - 1 Jan 2000
Sallenave-Sales S, Ferreira-da-Cruz M F, Faria C P, Cerruti C, Daniel-Ribeiro C T, Zalis M G
Abstract excerpt
The genetic polymorphism of the surface merozoite protein 2 (MSP-2) was evaluated in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from individuals with uncomplicated malaria living in a Brazilian endemic area of Peixoto de Azevedo. The frequency of MSP-2 alleles and the survival of genetically different popula...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antigens, Protozoan
- Blotting, Southern
- Brazil
- Endemic Diseases
- Gene Frequency
- Genes, Protozoan
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Malaria, Falciparum
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Plasmodium falciparum
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
- Protozoan Proteins