Article
Meager genetic variability of the human malaria agent Plasmodium vivax.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 5 Oct 2004
Leclerc M C, Durand P, Gauthier C, Patot S, Billotte N, Menegon M, Severini C, Ayala F J, Renaud F
Abstract excerpt
Malaria is a major human parasitic disease caused by four species of Plasmodium protozoa. Plasmodium vivax, the most widespread, affects millions of people across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Central and South America. We have studied the genetic variability of 13 microsatellite loci in 108 samples from 8 localities in Asia, Africa, South America, and New Guinea. Only one locus is polymorphic; nine are...
Topics
- Animals
- DNA, Protozoan
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Humans
- Malaria, Vivax
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Phylogeny
- Plasmodium
- Plasmodium vivax
- Tandem Repeat Sequences