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Population structure analysis of Plasmodium vivax in areas of iran with different malaria endemicity.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Mar 2006
Zakeri Sedigheh, Mehrizi Akram Abouie, Mamaghani Shadi, Noorizadeh Somayyeh, Snounou Georges, Djadid Navid Dinparast
Abstract excerpt
To obtain the genetic structure of Plasmodium vivax populations in the northern and southern malaria-endemic areas in Iran, which differ in endemicity, sequence diversity in the variable block 5 and the C-terminal part of P. vivax merozoite surface protein 1 (Pvmsp 1) was analyzed. The variable block 5 fragment from 52 northern and 94 southern isolates was amplified and sequenced. Type 1, type 2, and recombinant...
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