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Variation of circumsporozoite 26 and 29 genotypes of Plasmodium falciparum infecting patients and association with HLA-DQA allotypes in western Thailand.
The Journal of parasitology - 1 Feb 2004
Kollars Thomas M, Phasuk Rungnapha, Sattabongkot Jetsumon
Abstract excerpt
We evaluated the proportion of variants of circumsporozoite protein (cp) gene 26 and cp29 antigenic epitopes of Plasmodium falciparum infecting patients among 3 provinces in western Thailand, in addition to published variants from Gambia. The proportion of patients coinfected with cp26 and cp29 strains was significantly higher in patients reporting to malaria clinics in Tak than in Kanchanaburi and Ratchaburi and...
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