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Risk of Plasmodium vivax malaria reintroduction in Uzbekistan: genetic characterization of parasites and status of potential malaria vectors in the Surkhandarya region.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - 1 Oct 2004
Severini Carlo, Menegon Michela, Di Luca Marco, Abdullaev Iso, Majori Giancarlo, Razakov Shavkat A, Gradoni Luigi
Abstract excerpt
Plasmodium vivax malaria was eradicated from Uzbekistan in 1961. Due to resurgence of the disease in neighbouring states and massive population migration, there has been an increase of P. vivax malaria, imported from Tajikistan, resulting in a number of indigenous cases being identified in areas bordering that country. A molecular study using the merozoite surface protein 1 (msp-1) gene as a marker was performed...
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