Article
Circumsporozoite genotyping of global isolates of Plasmodium vivax from dried blood specimens.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 1992
Kain K C, Brown A E, Webster H K, Wirtz R A, Keystone J S, Rodriguez M H, Kinahan J, Rowland M, Lanar D E
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence and global distribution of two circumsporozoite (CS) genotypes of Plasmodium vivax (VK210 and VK247) were determined by genetic analysis of isolates from 234 malaria-infected patients. Whole blood specimens were collected on filter paper from patients infected with malaria in Thailand, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Afghanistan (Pakistan), India, and western Africa and from 50 asymptomatic...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antigens, Protozoan
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Protozoan
- Genotype
- Humans
- Malaria, Vivax
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Plasmodium vivax
- Prevalence
