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The epidemiology of multiple-clone Plasmodium falciparum infections in Gambian patients.
Parasitology - 1 Aug 1991
Conway D J, Greenwood B M, McBride J S
Abstract excerpt
The occurrence of multiple-clone Plasmodium falciparum haploid blood-stage infections is a pre-requisite for cross-fertilization and genetic exchange at the diploid stage in the mosquito. Using monoclonal antibodies against 3 polymorphic blood-stage antigens, a method of two-colour differential immunofluorescence allowed the resolution of between 1 and 4 clones/isolate. A mean of 2 P. falciparum clones was...
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